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Ernest Gimson : Arts and crafts designer and architect / Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019Copyright date: 2019Description: 372 p. : ill. (col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780300246261 : (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 745.092
Contents:
Foreword by John Makepeace -- LIFE: Growing up in Leicester, 1864-1886 -- Training in London and travel, 1886-1890 -- Early work and Kenton and Co., 1890-1893 -- The move to the Cotswolds, 1893-1903 -- The Sapperton workshops -- Gimson's approach to design -- WORK: Early architectural work and planning schemes -- Plasterwork -- Interior decoration and furnishings -- Furniture design and making -- Metalwork -- Embroidery and bookbinding -- The Gimson tradition.
Summary: An authoritative and insightful study, surveying the life and work of “the greatest of the English artist-craftsmen” This study of the renowned designer-maker Ernest Gimson (1864–1919) combines biography with analysis of his work as an architect and designer of furniture, metalwork, plaster decoration, embroidery, and more. It also examines Gimson’s significance within the Arts and Crafts Movement, tracing the full arc of his creative career, ideas, and legacy. Gimson worked in London in the 1880s, joining the circle around William Morris at the Art Workers’ Guild and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. He later moved to the Cotswolds, where he opened workshops and established a reputation for distinctive style and superb quality. Gimson’s work influences designers today and speaks directly to ongoing debates about the role of craft in the modern world; this book will be the standard reference for years to come. -- Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-363) and index.

Foreword by John Makepeace -- LIFE: Growing up in Leicester, 1864-1886 -- Training in London and travel, 1886-1890 -- Early work and Kenton and Co., 1890-1893 -- The move to the Cotswolds, 1893-1903 -- The Sapperton workshops -- Gimson's approach to design -- WORK: Early architectural work and planning schemes -- Plasterwork -- Interior decoration and furnishings -- Furniture design and making -- Metalwork -- Embroidery and bookbinding -- The Gimson tradition.

An authoritative and insightful study, surveying the life and work of “the greatest of the English artist-craftsmen”

This study of the renowned designer-maker Ernest Gimson (1864–1919) combines biography with analysis of his work as an architect and designer of furniture, metalwork, plaster decoration, embroidery, and more. It also examines Gimson’s significance within the Arts and Crafts Movement, tracing the full arc of his creative career, ideas, and legacy. Gimson worked in London in the 1880s, joining the circle around William Morris at the Art Workers’ Guild and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. He later moved to the Cotswolds, where he opened workshops and established a reputation for distinctive style and superb quality. Gimson’s work influences designers today and speaks directly to ongoing debates about the role of craft in the modern world; this book will be the standard reference for years to come. -- Publisher.

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