Subjects

Craft / Design

William Abeling

Clockmaker, lived and worked Wynyatt Street and in 1820 installed a watchmakers window.From the Keeper of the Clockmakers' Museum at the Guildhall: "William Abeling (sic) was not a member of the ...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial

Designer and company director. Born in Brixton. He married Laura Mountney in 1949 and together they designed and printed tea towels and scarves. The enterprise gradually expanded and eventually com...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial

Laura Ashley

Dress designer and interior decorator. Born Laura Mountney at 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil. She married Bernard Ashley in 1949 and they began designing and printing tea towels a...

Person, Craft / Design, Wales

1 memorial

Basketmakers Company

Established by an Order of the Court at Aldermen on 22 September 1569, a Royal Charter being granted in 1937. Today it supports the trade in this country and helps to foster links with the craft ac...

Group, Craft / Design, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration