Person    | Male  Born 1718  Died 1778

Thomas Chippendale, senior

Categories: Craft / Design

Cabinet maker. Born Otley, Yorkshire. The picture shows the statue at his birthplace. His first 30 years are undocumented. His 1754 publication "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director" has been described as the first comprehensive guide to interior decoration.

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Thomas Chippendale, senior

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Chippendale workshop

London County Council The workshop of Thomas Chippendale and his son, cabine...

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Kindersley Workshop

Kindersley Workshop

From the Workshop's website: "David Kindersley {1915–1995}, lettercutter, sculptor and inventor, started his workshop near Cambridge in 1946, having been apprenticed to Eric Gill. He was joined in ...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Kenwood and Sons

Kenwood and Sons

Stonemasons of Greenford. Made the replacement 2010 WW1 memorial at Willesden bus garage.

Group, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Meridian Bronze

Meridian Bronze

We're not certain we have found the right foundry. Its name seems right but it's Australian which seems wrong. From their website: "Established in 1973 by Peter Morley, Meridian Sculpture was the ...

Group, Craft / Design, Sculpture, Australia

1 memorial
Constance Baker

Constance Baker

Dressmaker. Born as Constance Kitteringham in Marham, Norfolk. Lived with her mother's grandparents, the Kitteringhams, but when her mother married Constance took her mother's married name, Gunn. ...

Person, Craft / Design, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Roger Payne
1 memorial

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Thomas Chippendale, junior

Thomas Chippendale, junior

Born London. Cabinet maker.

Person, Craft / Design

2 memorials
Oliver Cromwell Cheater

Oliver Cromwell Cheater

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Reburied parliamentarians

Reburied parliamentarians

SW1, Broad Sanctuary, St Margarets

When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 September 1661 which brought about the disinterment of the bo...

22 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Serjeant James Beaconsfield Nightingale

Serjeant James Beaconsfield Nightingale

James Beaconsfield Nightingale was born on 19 April 1892 in Horley, Surrey, the fourth of the seven children of James Nightingale (1863-1941) and Alice Mary Nightingale née Potter (1861-1928). His ...

Person, Armed Forces, Education, France

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Sir Astley Paston Cooper

Sir Astley Paston Cooper

Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of S...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial