"Christy" Sugar Bowl

After Christopher Dresser British, Scottish
 Manufacturer Centro Studio Alessi S.p.A. Italian

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This witty bowl derives from a prototype by Christopher Dresser (hence the model name "Christy"), considered the first industrial designer who produced work-for-hire designs in collaboration with various manufacturers. Here, Dresser's unsettlingly biomorphic footed design, originally made in silver plate, is inexpensively mass-produced in brilliantly colored thermoplastic resin. The updated design is both a reverent homage and completely original.

"Christy" Sugar Bowl, After Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Thermoplastic resin

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