Wedgwood
Other form of the name
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (autre nom)
Birth
1759
Activities
Stoke on Trent Royaume-Uni
Nationality
Royaume-Uni
Commentary
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Documentary resources
Consultation location :
Orsay Museum, documentation department
Sección :
arts décoratifs
Practical information
Library
Works around Wedgwood in the CCBMN catalogue are at the library.
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Entreprise fondée par Josiah Wedwood et reprise par plusieurs générations dont Godfrey Wedgwood, neveu par alliance de Charles Darwin. La firme fut dirigée artistiquement à partir de 1860 par le français Emile Lessore, peintre ayant déjà travaillé à la Manufacture de Sèvres. Walter Crane, Christopher Dresser travaillèrent pour la firme.