Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts
The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts (1898–1966) was a company of modern artists and designers associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, founded by Walter Gilbert. The guild worked in metal, wood, plaster, bronze, tapestry, glass and other mediums. [1]
The Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908. [2]
The Guild's most famous works on public display are the main gates of Buckingham Palace and the Canada Gate both part of Sir Aston Webb's memorial scheme to Queen Victoria.[3]
Unlike many other Arts & Crafts companies that faded away after a few decades, for instance the William Morris company, the Bromsgrove Guild survived until the early 1960s.
Famous works
- Liverpool's Liver birds
- Trim on the Lusitania
- Trim on the RMS Queen Mary
- The statue of Hygieia at Chequers
- Plasterwork at Averley, Glasgow.[4]
- Plasterwork at the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow.
- Stained Glass at Stoneleigh, Glasgow.
- The gates and sculpture at the Phoenix Assurance Building, Glasgow.
- Trim on the Cunard War Memorial, Liverpool.
- Various items at Holy Trinity Church, Southport.
- Chancel gates and reredos in Liverpool Cathedral
- Items at Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, Dodford,Worcestershire
- The main gates of Buckingham Palace
- Terpsichore on the facade of the Fortune Theatre
- The mosaic in the pedimented gable at 50 Anlaby Road, Hull
- Choir Stalls at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax
Notes
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- ↑ The Bromsgrove Society
- ↑ Worcestershire County Council accessed 2 february 2010.
- ↑ www.glasgowsculpture.com
