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Susie Cooper : a pioneer of modern design / edited by Ann Eatwell and Andrew Casey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, c2002.Description: 231 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1851494111
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 738.092 COO
Contents:
A portrait of Susie Cooper / Bryn Youds -- Susie Cooper at Gray's pottery 1922-1929 : what did she design? / Kathy Niblett -- The Susie Cooper pottery 1929-1966 ; Factory organisation and workforce / Nick Dolan -- Susie Cooper style / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper art wares / Julie Taylor -- Susie Cooper bone china 1950-1965 / Ann Eatwell -- Susie Cooper : a member of the Wedgwood group ; Susie Cooper and William Adams ltd. / Sharon Gater -- Memories of Susie Cooper / John Ryan -- Unknown ceramics / Ann Eatwell -- Susie Cooper : the first modern ceramic designer? / Greg Stevenson -- Susie Cooper in context : women and design in 1930s Britain / Cheryl Buckley -- Marketing Susie Cooper pottery / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper RDI and the Royal Society of Arts / Susan Bennett -- Susie Cooper : the critical response / Alun Graves -- Royal patronage / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper and Jessie Tait, designing in the post-war period / Kathy Niblett -- A wider field / Ann Eatwell -- Resource file / compiled by Andrew Casey.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 738.092 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100305995

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

As a woman in an industry run by men, it was her ability to anticipate the mood of the day and understand market trends that enabled Susie Cooper to keep ahead of her competitors. She produced modern pots at affordable prices and provided customers who possessed exceptional taste, but little money, with well-designed, practical and attractive pottery. Cooper's pots became symbolic of the new domestic life enjoyed by the suburban middle classes. Her career spanned seven decades and a staggering four thousand patterns ranging from the jazz modern colours of the Art Deco period to the Pop Art of the swinging sixties. This centenary book outlines and discusses Susie Cooper's major achievements throughout her prolific career. It brings together the leading experts and authorities who reflect upon her life and work, as well as providing contextual contemporary evidence on the twentieth century ceramic industry as a whole. For the very first time known aspects of her life are brought together with the u

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A portrait of Susie Cooper / Bryn Youds -- Susie Cooper at Gray's pottery 1922-1929 : what did she design? / Kathy Niblett -- The Susie Cooper pottery 1929-1966 ; Factory organisation and workforce / Nick Dolan -- Susie Cooper style / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper art wares / Julie Taylor -- Susie Cooper bone china 1950-1965 / Ann Eatwell -- Susie Cooper : a member of the Wedgwood group ; Susie Cooper and William Adams ltd. / Sharon Gater -- Memories of Susie Cooper / John Ryan -- Unknown ceramics / Ann Eatwell -- Susie Cooper : the first modern ceramic designer? / Greg Stevenson -- Susie Cooper in context : women and design in 1930s Britain / Cheryl Buckley -- Marketing Susie Cooper pottery / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper RDI and the Royal Society of Arts / Susan Bennett -- Susie Cooper : the critical response / Alun Graves -- Royal patronage / Andrew Casey -- Susie Cooper and Jessie Tait, designing in the post-war period / Kathy Niblett -- A wider field / Ann Eatwell -- Resource file / compiled by Andrew Casey.

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