Daniel Cottier: Designer, Decorator, Dealer

Author:   Petra ten-Doesschate Chu ,  Max Donnelly ,  Andrew Montana ,  Suzanne Veldink
Publisher:   Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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9781913107185


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Format:   Hardback
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This book follows the phenomenal rise of Daniel Cottier (1838–91) from an apprentice coach painter in Glasgow to the founder of Cottier & Co., a fine and decorative arts business with branches on three continents. This gifted designer and brilliant art entrepreneur keenly spotted one of the key aspects of late 19th-century bourgeois culture—its focus on family, home, and church—and seized the artistic and commercial opportunities of the building and decorating boom that it brought about. Cottier was a proponent of Aestheticism, an international trend in the history of culture, art, and design from about 1860 to 1900: he understood the era’s desire for beauty and realized the economic possibilities of its commoditization. Beyond biography, therefore, this book illuminates a significant event of late 19th-century cultural history— Aestheticism’s cult of beauty meeting with the bourgeoisie’s financial ability to possess it. 

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Author:   Petra ten-Doesschate Chu ,  Max Donnelly ,  Andrew Montana ,  Suzanne Veldink
Publisher:   Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Imprint:   Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   1.318kg
ISBN:  

9781913107185


ISBN 10:   1913107183
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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This publication is a fascinating, comprehensive and engaging account of Cottier's life and work. Beautifully illustrated . . . it is a fitting testament to a great design thinker. -Claire Blakey, DAS Newsletter


"""This publication is a fascinating, comprehensive and engaging account of Cottier’s life and work. Beautifully illustrated . . . it is a fitting testament to a great design thinker.""—Claire Blakey, DAS Newsletter"


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Petra ten-Doesschate Chu is professor emeritus, Seton Hall University, and is a founding editor of the journal Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. Max Donnelly is curator of 19th-century furniture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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