Simon Griffiths

The Kitchen Dresser

In Praise of a Furniture Icon

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Produktbeschreibung

A beautifully photographed exploration of the beauty and the charm of a much-loved piece of furniture: the kitchen dresser. Brown furniture is back. People want warmth and individuality back in their houses. As such, the kitchen dresser is having a renaissance. These beautiful pieces are overtaking clean-lined kitchens to create more original spaces, alive with personality and rich in history. Made from Welsh oak or elm, Tasmanian Huon pine or reclaimed timber, the humble dresser ¿ originally built for food preparation and storage ¿ has become the treasured centrepiece of many a home. The art of the dresser is often in the collection it holds: vintage china, Staffordshire figures, majolica, pewter, blue-and-white transfer ware, breadboards, family treasures, the old and the everyday. In The Kitchen Dresser, photographer Simon Griffiths captures the beauty and the charm of this iconic piece of furniture that is at once functional, ornamental and deeply heartwarming.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1022g
• ISBN-13: 9781760761035
• ISBN-10: 1760761036
• Artikelnr.: 63367056

Autorenporträt

Simon Griffiths is a lifestyle photographer who has provided photography for more than 70 illustrated books, including Australian Designers at Home (2019) and British Designers at Home (2020). He has travelled around the world shooting content for Stephanie Alexander and Paul Bangay. Simon is the author of Shack: In Praise of an Australian Icon, Shed and Boat. His book Garden Love was published by Thames & Hudson in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction The Dresser at Meadowbank An Elegant Oak Dresser Blue-and-White Abundance The Artists
Dresser Cottages and Castles Large and Loaded The House with Seven Dressers Dressers Many and Varied The Gardener
s Dresser At Home in the Kitchen A Fine Welsh Oak Dresser Begonias and a Gnome Echoes of Colonial Australia Layers of Treasures A Painted Dresser Two Country House Dressers The Dresser at Foss Scrimshaw and Whalebone Memories and Stories A Battle-Scarred Dresser Old Meets New Show-Stoppers Imari and Wedgwood The Furniture Maker
s Dressers Finding the One Westbury Antiques Miniature Dressers A Child
s Dresser A French Dresser Evandale Village Store The Dresser at Mulgoa Cottage The Dresser in the Shed A Painter
s Dresser Maggie and Colin
s Barossa Dresser Di
s Dresser Red Cart Vintage Mother-and-Son Dresser Owners A Cabinet of Curiosities A Tasmanian Dresser Colonial Survivors The Dresser at Woomargama A Colourful Harvest The Dresser at Runnymede House The Mayfield Dresser The Dresser at Tickletank The Interior Designer
s Dresser Tall and Narrow The Collectors