Eda Dixon

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  • Laurence Belmont Dixon (1870-1953) (electrical engineer; later bookbinder, horticulturist): married July 26, 1909 in Evanston
  • William Sanborn Young (1873-1964) (member, Chicago Board of Trade): married October 1893, divorced 1906
  • Robert L. Dixon (1911-?) Richard B. Dixon (1912-?)
  • November 30, 1876
  • Evanston, Illinois
  • February 14, 1926
  • Riverside, California
  • 1876-1906: Evanston, Illinois

    1906-1909: London, England

    1909-1910: Evanston, Illinois

    1910-1925: Riverside, California

    1925-1926: Del Mar, California
  • Evanston, Illinois

    London, England

    Riverside, California
  • Metalworker
  • student of James Herbert Winn in Chicago
    student of Alexander Fisher in London
  • twice in 1907: Arts and Crafts Society of Detroit

    December 8-22, 1908: 7th Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Original Designs for Decorations and Examples of Art Crafts of Distinctive Meri, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois:  hand mirror, silver, ivory, enamel, glass

    1909: Architectural Exhibition of the Detroit Achitecgtural Club and the Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan: hand mirror, silver, ivory, enamel, glass; box, silver, enamel; finger bowl, silver, enamel; bowl, silver, plique-a-jour enamel

    1910: Detroit Arts and Crafts Society, Detroit, Michigan: more than 50 pieces of jewelry, enamel and silver  [just Eda and Laurence]

    1910: Ninth Annual Exhibition of Original Designs for Decorations and Examples of Art Crafts having Distinct Artistic Merit, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 14 items, including 2 finger bowls, silver, enamel

    April 3-30, 1912: Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit: opera and calling bags, sleeve links, scarf pins, boxes, brooches

    November, 1912: Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan: jewelry

    January 1, 1915-January 1, 1917: Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Diego, California: hand mirror, silver, ivory, enamel, glass

    October 12-November 15, 1916: Annual Exhibition of Applied Art and Original Designs for Decorations, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois:

    1917: Annual Exhibition of Applied Art and Original Designs for Decorations, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois:

    1917: Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan

    October 1919: Annual Exhibition of Applied Art and Original Designs for Decorations, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: two rings; pair of earrings, platinum, sapphires

    October 1920: Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan: covered box, silver, enamel, crystal

    1922-1923: Exhibition of American Handicrafts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: chalice, silver and enamel; vanity box, ivory, silver, cloissone

    March 1-10, 1927: Tricennial Exhibition of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts: oval box, hand mirror

    1927: Boston Society of Arts and Crafts Gallery, New York, New York

    January 1927: Arts and Crafts by local artists, junior college, Riverside, California: jewelry
  • Evon, Darcy L. Hand Wrought Arts & Crafts Metalwork and Jewelry: 1890-1940, Schiffer Publishing, 2013. Harvey, Medill Higgins and Lori Zabar, “Eda Lord Dixon Rediscovered” in The Magazine ANTIQUES, September 11, 2018.
  • October 1906: joined Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan
  • 19??: named Craftsman member in jewelry, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston

    1912: named Master member, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston

    February 1916: bronze medal (with Laurence), Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts: jewelry
  • sketch albums and photo albums at Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
  • in Riverside, California, managed orange groves
  • September 2018 article by Medill Higgins Harvey and Lori Zabar for The Magazine ANTIQUES

    page on Wikipedia
  • She was from an illustrious Evanston's family, she was the granddaughter of Harvey B. Hurd. Her mother, Eda Hurd Lord, was a successful businesswomen, one of the first in Evanston, and is responsible for platting the city’s land and developing the residential spaces. Her father was George S. Lord, a wholesale druggist for Lord, Owen & Co., a company started by his father Thomas Lord. The Lords moved to Evanston in 1857.

    Siblings:

    Harvey Hurd Lord (1878-1920)

    Thomas Lord (1880-1951)

    Kate Kimball Lord (1882-1908)

    Robert Owen Lord      (1886-1968)

    Margaret Lord Dixon (1892-1979)

    George Willis Lord (1894-1997)