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Lewis F. Day: Unity in Design and Industry
by Joan Hansen
Binding: Hardcover, First Edition edition, 300 pages
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club, Ltd.
List Price: USD $69.50
Weight: 388
Dimension: H: 0.75 x L: 11.89 x W: 0.51 inches
ISBN 10: 1851495347
ISBN 13: 9781851495344
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Lewis Foreman Day (1845 1910) is one of the most neglected figures in late nineteenth century design. In exploring Day's dual career as an industrial designer of extraordinary range and versatility and a major writer and critic, this well illustrated book restores his place among the influential figures of his time. Day's relationships with colleagues William Morris, Walter Crane, W.A.S. Benson and others situated him in the vortex of developments of design in Britain. Design historian Joan Maria Hansen examines Day's work as a prolific industrial designer whose mastery of pattern, colour, ornament and superb draughtsmanship resulted in tiles and art pottery, clocks and furniture, wallpapers, textiles, stained glass, and interiors of remarkable diversity and beauty. Day embraced modern technology. His views on the role of the designer for industry, along with his unshakable belief that a marriage of design and industrial processes was essential to produce beautiful furnishings for the majority of p

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