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Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser

March 5, 2004 - July 25, 2004

Museum: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Location: First and Second Floors

This first, full-scale museum retrospective of the works of 19th-century pioneer industrial designer Christopher Dresser features over 300 of his major works. Examples of his creations -- furniture, fabric and wallpaper designs, architectural ornamentation, ceramics and metalworks, including his cubic teapot -- reveal how shockingly modern his creations are today.

Catalogue: $39.95 (paper); $55 (cloth)