Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer, was born at 22 Thirlestane Road, Far Cotton, Northamptonshire, on 5 October 1917, the youngest of the three children of Arthur Adams (b. 1878), a master grocer and market gardener, and his first wife, Emily, ...
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Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer
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Jones, Antony Charles Robert [Tony] Armstrong-, first earl of Snowdon and Baron Armstrong-Jones (1930–2017)
Maker: Roger George Clark
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Antony Armstrong-Jones, first Earl of Snowdon (1930–2017), by Roger George Clark, 1979
© Roger George Clark / National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jones, Antony Charles Robert [Tony] Armstrong-, first earl of Snowdon and Baron Armstrong-Jones (1930–2017), photographer, designer, and campaigner for disabled rights
Richard Weight
Jones, Antony Charles Robert [Tony] Armstrong-, first earl of Snowdon and Baron Armstrong-Jones (1930–2017), photographer, designer, and campaigner for disabled rights, was born at 25 Eaton Terrace, Belgravia, London, on 7 March 1930, the younger child and only son of Ronald Owen Lloyd (Ronnie) Armstrong-Jones...
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Bell, Robert Anning (1863–1933), artist and designer
Peter Rose
Bell, Robert Anning (1863–1933), artist and designer, was born at 1 Little Street, Andrew Street, St Giles, London, on 14 April 1863, the son of Robert George Bell, a cheesemonger, and his wife, Mary Charlotte Knight. He received his early education at University College School...
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Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907)
Maker: unknown photographer
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George Frederick Bodley (1827–1907) by unknown photographer, 1899 RIBA Library Photographs Collection
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Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907), architect and designer
Michael Hall
Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907), architect and designer, was born at his parents' home, 4 Albion Street, Hull, on 14 March 1827, the sixth child and youngest son of William Hulme Bodley MD (1781–1855) of Edinburgh, physician of the Hull Royal Infirmary, and his wife, ...
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Butterfield, William (1814–1900), architect and designer
Rosemary Hill
Butterfield, William (1814–1900), architect and designer, was born on 7 September 1814 in London, the second child and eldest son of William Butterfield (1783–1866), chemist and wharfinger, and his wife, Ann (1793–1867), the daughter of Robert Steven, a leather factor of the City of London...
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Butterfield, William (1814–1900)
Maker: Jane Fortescue Coleridge
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William Butterfield (1814–1900) by Jane Fortescue Coleridge, 1874 by permission of the Warden and Fellows of Keble College, Oxford
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Casteels, Peter [formerly Pieter] (1684–1749), painter and designer
Timothy Clayton
Casteels, Peter [formerly Pieter] (1684–1749), painter and designer, was born in Antwerp, Southern Netherlands, on 3 October 1684, the son of Pieter Casteels, painter. He was trained by his father and in 1708 arrived in London with his brother-in-law, Peter Tillemans, having been offered work by a picture dealer. He settled readily into ...
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Chippendale, Thomas (bap. 1718, d. 1779), cabinet-maker and designer
James Lomax
Chippendale, Thomas (bap. 1718, d. 1779), cabinet-maker and designer, was baptized on 5 June 1718 in the parish church of Otley, a small market town in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, the only child of John Chippindale (bap. 1690, d. 1768), joiner, and his first wife, ...
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Conran, Sir Terence Orby (1931–2020)
Maker: Ray Williams
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Sir Terence Orby Conran (1931–2020), by Ray Williams, 1950s
© The Estate of Ray Williams
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Conran, Sir Terence Orby (1931–2020), designer, restaurateur, and entrepreneur
Richard Weight
Conran, Sir Terence Orby (1931–2020), designer, restaurateur, and entrepreneur, was born on 4 October 1931 at Down Cottage, Hillbrow Road, Esher, Surrey, the son of (Gerard) Rupert Conran (1905–1984), gum and resin merchant, and his first wife, Christina Mabel Joan, née...
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Dresser, Christopher (1834–1904), designer and botanist
Rosemary Hill
Dresser, Christopher (1834–1904), designer and botanist, was born on 4 July 1834 in Glasgow, the second son and third of six children of Christopher Dresser, excise officer, of Yorkshire, and his wife, Mary Nettleton, of Norton, near Doncaster, Yorkshire. The family was posted to ...
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Ellis, Clifford Wilson (1907–1985), designer and art teacher, and promoter of education through art
Kenneth Garlick
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Ellis, Clifford Wilson (1907–1985), designer and art teacher, and promoter of education through art, was born on 1 March 1907, at Bognor, the eldest in the family of two sons and two daughters of John Wilson Ellis, a designer who was trained in cabinet-making, and his wife, ...
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Ford, Michael Dickins (1928–2018), film set decorator
Anne Pimlott Baker
Ford, Michael Dickins (1928–2018), film set decorator, was born on 11 June 1928 at Orchard House, 40 Burntwood Lane, Caterham, Surrey, the son of Richard Dickins Lancelot Ford (1885–1961), estate surveyor, and the second of his three wives, Phyllis, née Mann...
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