Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) : unity in design and industry
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) : unity in design and industry
Other titles: Unity in design and industry
Classmark: Bedford Collection D331
Creator(s): Hansen, Joan Maria
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Related people: Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910
Publisher: Antique Collector's Club
Publication city: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Date(s): [2007]
Language: English
Size and medium: 319 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/719851
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010324219705181
Description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-314) and index.
The life of Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) -- The designer for industry -- The writer and critic -- Stained glass - Wallpaper -- Tiles and art pottery -- Clocks and furniture -- Textiles -- The domestic interior -- Colleagues and students.
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 illustrated book aims to restore his place among the influential figures of his time.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at D331: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: DS/1.
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