Building    From 1880 

Silver Studio

Categories: Craft / Design

Influential textile design studio. Founded by Arthur Silver it was taken over by his son Rex who ran it until 1963. Renowned for its art nouveau designs it supplied major outlets such as Liberty's and Sandersons. Google on "Silver studio textile" for a page of luscious designs.

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Silver Studio

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Silver Studio

Greater London Council The Silver Studio, established here in 1880. Arthur ...

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Phineas Pett

Phineas Pett

Master Shipwright. Born at Deptford Strond (a parish in Deptford). First Resident Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard, he designed and built several ships including the 'Prince Royal' which he built i...

Person, Craft / Design, Engineering, Transport

3 memorials
William de Morgan

William de Morgan

Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...

Person, Craft / Design, Literature

23 memorials
Bazaar, Kings Road

Bazaar, Kings Road

The first Bazaar boutique was opened by Mary Quant at 138a Kings Road, in 1955. More information and photos at our Image Source, the magnificent Another Nickel in the Machine. Quant opened a second...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Ivor Innes

Ivor Innes

Illustrator and carver, from Cornwall. His wife, Elsie, wrote a book, 'The Elfin Oak of Kensington Gardens' in 1930.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Craft School - Globe Road

Craft School - Globe Road

We have found some very interesting information about this School. It grew out of the Ring and Rose Club. The architect F. W. Troup was art adviser and governor. It was closely associated with the ...

Group, Craft / Design, Education

1 memorial

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PEER

PEER

From their website: "PEER is an independent arts organisation that has evolved from the ground up over the past twenty years, putting down deep roots within the socially,  culturally and economical...

Group, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
John Elger

John Elger

Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford.  From British History: "... a Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative...

Person, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
Thomas Carlyle
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Harry Burnham Silver

Harry Burnham Silver

Textile designer. Born Islington, son of Arthur Silver. In 1908 he married Josephine Muriel Abbott in Brighton, Sussex and in April 1911 they were living with his wife's widowed sister, Beatrice Id...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Henry Allison

Henry Allison

Henry James Allison was born in 1934, the son of Henry Allison (1905-1941) and Mabel Louise Allison née Newell (1895-1944). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1934 in the Shoreditch reg...

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial