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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David Peterson

David Peterson

Active 1989.  We have also seen his name as 'Petersen'.

Person, Craft / Design, Sculpture, Wales

1 memorial
David Kuhrt

David Kuhrt

Artist and poet active in 1990. His lettering business was named Novalis and his assistant on the Bentley plaques was Yolande.

Person, Craft / Design

2 memorials
Huntington Shaw

Huntington Shaw

wrought iron craftsman. Born Nottingham. Died Hampton Court.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Mortlake Tapestry Works

Mortlake Tapestry Works

Barnes History has a nice hand-drawn map with a pin showing the location of these Tapestry Works, and it gives the history of the site. John Dee (1527 -1608) lived in a house on this site (with a l...

Building, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Fred Passenger

Fred Passenger

Worked as a decorator with William De Morgan. During 1898-1907 was a partner with De Morgan, Frank Iles and Charles Passenger at Sands End, Fulham. De Morgan retired from potting in 1905 and the Fu...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial

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James Bubb

James Bubb

Sculptor. Born as James George Bubb, probably near Strand. Surviving London works: Monument to Pitt the Younger in the Guildhall, pediment of Cumberland Terrace in Regent’s Park and other work ther...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Actor, director and visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe. Born Chicago. In 1952, while working in the UK, he heard that the House Un-American Activities had black-listed him so he decided to...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, USA

2 memorials
B. Leslie

B. Leslie

Name on one of the corner plaques of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Richard Jones VC

Lieutenant Richard Jones VC

SE13, Lewisham High Street

The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
John Newlands

John Newlands

Chemist. Born John Alexander Reina at 19 West Square, Southwark. The first person to devise a periodic table of chemical elements arranged in order of their relative atomic masses. He arranged all ...

Person, Science

1 memorial