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Toast Rack Toast Rack
This is a toast rack. It was designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by James Dixon & Sons. It is dated ca. 1879 and we acquired it in 2002. Its medium is silver plated, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This silver plated toast-rack, with its clean, angular form is exemplary of Scottish designer Christopher Dresser’s innovative approach to product design. Trained as both a designer and botanist, Dresser’s work often uses abstractions of natural elements as inspiration for his forms.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Margery and Edgar Masinter and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
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Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 14 × 13 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
On underside of toast rack: [1] “EP”, “J”, “D”, “&”, “S” and a trumpet, impressed (manufacturer’s mark) [2] “Chr.Dresser”, impressed (designer’s mark) [3] “66”, impressed (model number) [4] “A.N”, impressed
Cite this object as
Toast Rack Toast Rack; Designed by Christopher Dresser (Scottish, 1834 – 1904); Manufactured by James Dixon & Sons (United Kingdom); England; silver plated, metal; H x W x D: 14 × 13 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Margery and Edgar Masinter and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2002-22-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Making Design and Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser.
