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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Silver Studio
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Silver Studio
Greater London Council The Silver Studio, established here in 1880. Arthur ...
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Anna Maria Garthwaite
Fabric designer. Born Leicestershire. Moved with her sister to Princes (now Princlet) Street in 1728. Many of her over 1000 designs for Spitalfield silks survive at the V&A Museum and she has b...
3 memorials
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...
3 memorials
Gerald Holtom
Artist and designer of the peace symbol in 1958. Graduated from the Royal College of Arts. Conscientious objector in WW2. In 1958 he was working for the Ministry of Education. On 21 February 1958 ...
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Ordinances 1365, Grant of Arms 1588. The Plumbers' Hall used to stand in Chequer Yard, where Cannon Street station now stands. The first hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt, it co...
4 memorials
Dame Lucie Rie
Potter. Née Gompertz in Vienna into a rich, intellectual family. 1938 she and her husband fled Nazism intending to go to the USA but Lucie, already more interested in her work than her husband, dec...
1 memorial
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national service / military conscription
Military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times, related to WW1 and WW2 respectively: 1916 - 20 ("military service") and 1939 - 60 ("national service" or sometimes "war service")....
2 memorials
Doctor Alfred Salter - SE1
SE1, Druid Street, Alfred Salter Playground
Alfred Salter Playground Dr Alfred Salter studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and devoted his life to improving living conditions in Bermo...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
St James's Gardens, W11
RBKC and British History Online have a lot of information about the creation of this square, with plans and drawings.
2 memorials
Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
Electrical engineer. born Yorkshire. Aged 11, enrolled as a naval cadet and arrived in the Crimea just as the war ended. He retired from the army to develop his engineering business interests. ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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