Eda Lord Dixon

Eda Hurd Lord Young Dixon (November 30, 1876 – February 14, 1926) was a metal artist working within the Arts and Crafts movement at the beginning of the 20th century.

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.

[3] She trained with Alexander Fisher of London and James Herbert Winn of Chicago, both leading enamel artists.

[1] A silver, ivory, enamel, and glass hand mirror made by Dixon in 1908 is exhibited on Gallery 706 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, donated by Jacqueline Loewe Fowler in 2014.

[4] In 1911, the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts published Handicraft and about Lord they wrote: "for three years a pupil of Alexander Fisher of London, and to her naturally, critical and sensitive taste has been added under his inspiring influence a sound technique founded on the best traditions of the craft.

[15] In Riverside they managed orange groves and made silverware and jewelry exhibited in Chicago, Detroit, Boston and elsewhere.

[16] Eda Lord Young Dixon is featured in Hand Wrought Arts & Crafts Metalwork and Jewelry: 1890-1940 by Darcy L. Evon, published in 2013.