Welsh Dresser book set for launch on Friday
A bilingual book Wonder Wales: The Welsh Dresser / Cip ar Gymru: Y Ddresel Gymreig will be launched at Tim Bowen Antiques, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire on Friday at 2.30pm. The book has been written by Chris S. Stephens and Eleri Davies. It provides an informative, concise and entertaining portrait of a piece of Welsh furniture that has been admired widely and collected avidly. The new book includes full-colour archive photographs of a variety of Welsh dressers, and is the latest addition to the popular series Cip ar Gymru / Wonder Wales published by Gomer Press. The striking form and character of Welsh dressers are unmistakable. Over the centuries the dresser has lent status to kitchens, living rooms and front parlours. “The functional nature of the dresser, and its durability, ensured that it became almost a vital piece of furniture in all 19th century lower-class homes, from the country farmhouse to the artisan’s cottage or the purpose-built miner’s house,” says Chris Stephens. Ofte...