"John Dickinson: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary" is the title of an upcoming book about the American decorator and designer. Louis Bofferding is the author and he quotes approving Oscar Wilde's saying "I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china." R. Louis Bofferding is a famous New York antique dealer, and he has expanded his talents into writing and lecturing also.
Dickinson (1920 to February 12, 1982), a San Francisco designer, is quoted by Bofferding :"A room is finished when you cannot remove something without it being missed. Everything must earn its keep." His designs are described as "spare, cerebral, uncompromising, and original." Such as carved-wood lamp bases shaped like femurs or a table of galvanized tin ingeniously worked to resemble draped fabric. Earning its keep is a black and white cat which actually dominates the following photo of John Dickinson.
Dickinson (1920 to February 12, 1982), a San Francisco designer, is quoted by Bofferding :"A room is finished when you cannot remove something without it being missed. Everything must earn its keep." His designs are described as "spare, cerebral, uncompromising, and original." Such as carved-wood lamp bases shaped like femurs or a table of galvanized tin ingeniously worked to resemble draped fabric. Earning its keep is a black and white cat which actually dominates the following photo of John Dickinson.
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| Designer John Dickinson at home in San Francisco, California, 1978. Image by Terry Schmidt for the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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