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| | Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In 1881, the Art Furnishers' Alliance opened in London with the goal of supplying the modern middle-class home with "all kinds of house-furnishing material, including furniture, carpets, wall-decorations, hangings, pottery, table-glass, silversmiths' wares, hardware, and whatever is necessary to our household requirements," created by several manufacturers and marketed in one venue. |
 | | The showroom walls were lined with innovative and affordable household objects, including a line of ebonized furniture designed by Dresser for the store; Benham & Froud metalwork; Sowerby glass; Linthorpe pottery; metalwork from Dixon and Hukin & Heath; wallpaper by Jeffrey & Co.; and import wares from Liberty & Co. and Dresser and Holme. |
 | | The Art Furnishers' Alliance was not a financial success, and closed in 1883 due in part to Dresser's poor health, which prevented him from effectively managing and overseeing the operations of the firm. |
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