Ernest Gimson: Arts & Crafts Designer and Architect

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Yale University Press, Oct 4, 2019 - Architecture - 372 pages
This rich new volume brings to light the versatility and accomplishments of the English architect, designer, and maker Ernest Gimson, a central figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement.
 

Contents

Foreword by John Makepeace
6
Growing up in Leicester 18641886
12
Training in London and travels 18861890
30
Early work and Kenton Co 18901893
46
The move to the Cotswolds 18931903
68
The Sapperton workshops 19031919
90
Gimsons approach to design
116
houses and gardens
140
Interior decoration and furnishings
218
Furniture design and making
242
Metalwork
262
Embroidery and bookbinding
284
The Gimson tradition
310
Abbreviations
332
Gimsons building designs
349
Bibliography
357

Later architectural work and planning schemes
162
Plasterwork
196

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About the author (2019)

Annette Carruthers worked as a curator with the Gimson collections at Leicestershire and Cheltenham Museums. Mary Greensted has been curator and deputy director at Cheltenham Museum. Barley Roscoe is a freelance curator and writer and formerly director of the Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre in Bath.

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