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Journal
of Design and Manufactures [UK]
London:
Chapman and Hall [monthly]
No.1,
March 1849 - no.36, February 1852 [all published]
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Description
provided by the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts
and Material Culture at the University of Wisconsin:
The
Journal of Design and Manufactures (1849-1852) was published
in London, edited by Henry Cole and Richard Redgrave. Focusing
on decorative and applied arts, the journal aimed to improve
British industrial design and educate public taste. Actual
samples of fabric and wallpaper were included in the issues,
and designs analyzed. Attention was also devoted to critiques
of contemporary pottery, glass and metals. Other contents
include news items, book reviews, and original papers on
topics ranging from copyright to the importance of botany
study to design. The 1851 Great Exhibition is heavily discussed.
Illustrations are scattered throughout. Editors Cole and
Redgrave were significant figures in British design education
reform. Redgrave (1804-88) was an artist, teacher, and administrator.
Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882) was active in education and arts
administration, organized the Great Exhibition of 1851,
and helped form the applied arts collections that grew into
the South Kensington Museum, later the Victoria and Albert
Museum, where he served as the first museum director. The
six compilation volumes presented here constitute the full
run (36 monthly issues) of this short-lived journal. Each
volume includes six issues with a contents index. Original
volumes are held at the UW-Madison, Kohler Art Library,
call number W 7J821 Cutter.
Comments:
an excellent digitization provided by the Digital Library
for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture at the University
of Wisconsin
For
further information about the University of Wisconsin Decorative
Arts and Material Culture Collection and about other resources
they have digitized see: http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/
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