Daniel Cottier

Designer, Decorator, Dealer

Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Max Donnelly, Andrew Montana , Suzanne Veldink

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English

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
25 May 2021

Decorative arts; Individual artists, art monographs; Individual architects & architectural firms; Biography: general; British & Irish history

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.

Edited by: Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Max Donnelly, Andrew Montana, Suzanne Veldink
Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1.318kg
ISBN: 9781913107185
ISBN 10: 1913107183
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Daniel Cottier: Designer, Decorator, Dealer

"""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"