Toast rack

Designer Christopher Dresser British, Scottish
 Manufactory Hukin & Heath British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 516

Although this sophisticated toast rack has not been traced to a particular design by Dresser, it is typical of the simplistic yet inventive racks produced for him by the firm Hukin and Heath. Founded in 1855, this Birmingham-based silversmith and electroplating manufactory hired Dresser as an art advisor around 1878.

#418. Christopher Dresser and the Birth of Industrial Design

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Toast rack, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Silver plate, British, Birmingham

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Toast rack, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Silver plate, British, Birmingham
Toast rack, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Silver plate, British, Birmingham
Toast rack, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Silver plate, British, Birmingham
Toast rack, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Silver plate, British, Birmingham

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