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Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) : unity in design and industry

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection D331

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Type of record: Book

Title: Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) : unity in design and industry

Other titles: Unity in design and industry

Level: Item

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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