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Dresser centenary.(Brief Article)
Christopher Dresser was born in Glasgow in 1834 and trained in the Government School of Design in London before receiving an honorary doctorate in botany from the University of Jena in Germany. He became a lecturer and writer on both subjects separately as well as on the use of plant forms in design. By the 1860s Dresser was employed by at least thirty British manufacturers as a designer, and in 1876 he was the first European designer to visit Japan since it had reopened to the West.
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On his visit to Japan he took gifts for the Meiji emperor, including some artifacts of his own design. In return, the emperor gave him Japanese objects, among them gifts for Queen Victoria. Tiffany and Company in New York City commissioned him to bring back about eight thousand Japanese works of art. While in Japan, Dresser visited the kilns of Japanese potters, which inspired him in 1879 to found the Linthorpe Art Pottery in Teesside near ...
- JAPAN GOVT TENDER - DRESSER.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News March 21, 2000 700+ words
...INSURANCE WELFARE CORP TO PROCURE DRESSER The following is a procurement...the products to be procured : Dresser for guest room of postal life...Omiya City, Saitama 330-0835 JAPAN (6) Qualification for participating...Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0660 JAPAN TEL 03-5322-0443
- Dresser Expands Global Capabilities with Its Export Oriented Unit in India.
- Newspaper article from: Journal of India September 8, 2009 700+ words
...products, in addition to Dresser's established manufacturing...France, Italy, Japan and China. The EOU, officially known as Dresser Valve India Pvt. Ltd...Energy Industry, Japan, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas, Dresser Inc. This article...
- Dresser retrospective.
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Ledes, Allison Eckardt March 1, 2004 700+ words
...mixed metals were a specialty in Japan, and once these techniques were...Tiffany, a lifelong friend of Dresser's, had asked him to bring back enormous quantities of objects from Japan. In fact, Dresser's purchases for Tiffany numbered...
- Dresser Expands with Export Oriented Unit in India
- Newspaper article from: Wireless News September 1, 2009 700+ words
...products, in addition to Dresser's established manufacturing...France, Italy, Japan and China. The EOU, officially known as Dresser Valve India Pvt. (DVI), joins Dresser's established network...manufacturing facilities in Japan and China, sales offices...
- Dresser Industries, Inc.
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 1991 700+ words
...A joint venture called Komatsu Dresser is the company ’ s mining...formed by the combination of Dresser ’ s Western Hemisphere...those of Komatsu Heavy Industry in Japan. Dresser ’ s general industry...
- Dresser Ramps Up with Export Oriented Unit in India.
- Magazine article from: Health & Beauty Close-Up September 1, 2009 700+ words
...products, in addition to Dresser's established manufacturing...France, Italy, Japan and China. The EOU, officially known as Dresser Valve India Pvt. (DVI), joins Dresser's established network...manufacturing facilities in Japan and China, sales offices...
- Komatsu, Dresser sign definitive agreement. (Dresser Industries Inc.)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 16, 1988 700+ words
...First year sales of Komatsu Dresser Company are expected to be...million square feet. Komatsu Dresser Company will have exclusive...currently being imported from Japan, will be sourced from the former Dresser and Komatsu plants in the United...
- Christopher Dresser, the Centennial Exhibition, and the Anglo-American dialogue.
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques HALEN, WIDAR September 1, 2001 700+ words
...and in the United States. Dresser's style was never dictated...1861. [4] 1876 and 1877 Dresser was the first European designer to visit Japan after the opening of its borders...Alexandra Palace Company in 1873, Dresser and Holme in 1879, and the...