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Welcome to the second trio of Cardiff School of Art students to show in our 24hr window gallery! Posted @withregram • @studiogeist_21 TO RADICALLY RECONFIGURE: REFLECTIVETwo last days of our window exhibition Radically Reconsider: Intuitive. Two pieces by Clare Stephens @claresceramics Fragmented Heritage (left) and Hope (right). Hurry..
Tag Archives: Twentieth century
Queen’s Court flats, Crofton Gane and Wells Coates
Queen’s Court, Queen’s Road, Clifton, Bristol In 1937 a large triangular site on Queens Road in Clifton, a hundred yards uphill from the landmark Victoria Rooms became the site of the first large-scale luxury block of flats built in Bristol. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Furniture, Interior Design, Modernism
Tagged Alec French, Bristol, Crofton Gane, Design, Furniture, Marcel Breuer, Stradling Collection, Twentieth century, Wells Coates
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Crofton Gane and the All-Electric House
The All-Electric House – Stoke Bishop, Bristol. P E Gane Ltd were established furniture manufacturers and retailers in Bristol in the first half of the 20th century. From 1933, director Crofton Gane became increasingly active amongst progressive designers, manufacturers and … Continue reading
Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell
Margaret Howell’s gallery in Wigmore St, London is currently showing a selection of more than 50 pieces from the Ken Stradling Collection chosen and curated by Margaret herself. The show included pieces from across the collection but central is a … Continue reading
Bertoia’s Diamond Chair in ‘The Beales Bequest’ exhibition
Harry Bertoia, an Italian-American sculptor, university lecturer and furniture designer, created The Diamond Chair in 1952 for the firm Knoll International. It comprises of a series containing a small and large version of the chair, a chair with an raised … Continue reading
Posted in Furniture
Tagged Bertoia, Bristol, Chair, Colin Beales, Design, Design Study Centre, Diamond Chair, Exhibition, Furniture, Jennifer Beales, Knoll International, Twentieth century
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The opening of The Beales Bequest exhibition
On Saturday 10 January, The Ken Stradling Collection will be holding a private view of their latest exhibition, The Beales Bequest. This exhibition revolves around the eclectic objects that a Bristol architect and founding trustee of The Ken Stradling Collection … Continue reading
