Artist Monograph

Christopher Dresser, British

British, 1834–1904

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	83.3%
Sculpture	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	33.3%

Range: 12.7 cm → 42.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	1
1978	1
1986	1
1987	1
1993	1
1998	1

Recurring Subjects & Themes

Ornament · 11
Abstraction · 4
Flowers · 4
Leaves · 4
Birds · 1
Satire · 1

Met Open Access Records

23 CC0 records at The Met.

Culture	Country	Department	Records
British		European Sculpture and Decorative Arts	2

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Watering Can Design Acc. 360.1993	c. 1876	Painted tinned-iron	12 5/8" x 9 7/8" x 7 1/4" (32 x 25.1 x 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Paul F. Walter
Toast Rack Design Acc. 241.1986	c. 1878	Electroplated silver	5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/4" (13.3 x 13.3 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Purchase Fund
Candleholder Design Acc. 199.1987	c. 1880	Electroplated silver and ebony	h. 5 1/2" (14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Estée and Joseph Lauder Design Fund
Claret Pitcher Design Acc. 529.1977	c. 1880	Glass, silver plate, and ebony	16 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 4" (42.2 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm) diam. at base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 10.16 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Covered Soup Tureen and Ladle Design Acc. 209.1978.1-2	1880	Electroplated silver with wooden handles and knob	.1a (tureen): 6 3/8 x 9 1/4" (16.2 x 23.5 cm) .1b (top): 9" diam. (22.9 cm) .2 (ladle): 12 3/4" (32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 23.50 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Condiment Set No. 17286 Design Acc. 200.1998	1885	Electroplated silver and glass	5 x 4" (12.7 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 10.16 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Agnes Gund, Elizabeth Kujawski, Tom Zoufaly, Elizabeth Klein, and Vlasta Odell in Memory of Jed Johnson

The Met (CC0 Open Access) — 23 records

Title / Object	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Culture / Geography	Department	Rights
Lobed bottle vase Vase	ca. 1880	Glazed earthenware	Overall (confirmed): 16 1/8 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (41 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)	British	European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Pitcher Pitcher	ca. 1880	Glazed earthenware	Overall (confirmed): 7 × 6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in. (17.8 × 16 × 12.5 cm)	British	European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design drawing Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Design for a Floral Pattern Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Two design drawings Drawing ; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on earlier design	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
We're a Band of Brothers Drawing; Ornament and architecture	ca. 1883, based on a design of ca. 1867	Graphite, ink, and gouache (bodycolor)	Sheet: 15 15/16 in. × 11 in. (40.5 × 27.9 cm)		Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata