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Thomas Chippendale, senior
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...
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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 ...
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Thomas Cobden-Sanderson
Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberland. He married Anne Cobden (suffragette daughter of Richard) in 1882 and added her surname to his. He was a friend of Edw...
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Buddy Bear
The Buddy Bear project was conceived in Berlin by Klaus and Eva Herlitz and Roman Stoblin (a bear was chosen as it is a symbol on the city's coat of arms). There are now similar statues in many cit...
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Rex Silver
Textile designer. Born Reginald in Islington, the son of Arthur. In 1914 he was living at 1 Haarlem Road, Hammersmith. In 1922 he married Sybil L. Peerless in Hendon, Middlesex. At the time of h...
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