Dorn, Marion V. (1896–1964), designer, was born on 25 December 1896, probably at Menlo Park, near San Francisco, California, one of five children of Diodemus Socrates Dorn (1860–1913), lawyer, and Camille Johnson (1870–1932). Educated at Stanford University from 1912 to 1916 (bachelor of arts in graphic arts, Phi Beta Kappa), thereafter she shared a studio in ...
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Dorn, Marion V. (1896–1964), designer
Mary Schoeser
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Dorn, Marion V. (1896–1964)
Maker: Frank Dobson
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Marion V. Dorn (1896–1964) by Frank Dobson, c. 1930–31 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gaskin, Georgie Evelyn Cave (1866–1934)
Maker: William Smedley-Aston
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Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin (1866–1934) by William Smedley-Aston reproduced by permission of Birmingham Library Services
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Gaskin [née France], Georgie Evelyn Cave (1866–1934), designer
Alan Crawford
Gaskin [née France], Georgie Evelyn Cave (1866–1934), designer, was born on 8 December 1866 at Cliff Cottage, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, the elder daughter of William Hanmer France, contractor's agent, and his wife, Frances Emily Cave-Brown-Cave. Arthur Joseph Gaskin (1862–1928), artist, designer, and teacher...
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Gray [formerly Smith], (Kathleen) Eileen Moray (1878–1976), designer and architect
Fiona MacCarthy
Gray [formerly Smith], (Kathleen) Eileen Moray (1878–1976), designer and architect, was born on 9 August 1878 at Brownswood, the family estate in Enniscorthy, co. Wexford. She was the third of three daughters and youngest of five children of James Maclaren Smith (1832–1900)...
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James [née Calkin], Margaret Bernard (1895–1985), designer, calligrapher, and painter
Betty Miles
James [née Calkin], Margaret Bernard (1895–1985), designer, calligrapher, and painter, was born on 23 February 1895 at 22 Holmdale Road, West Hampstead, London, the third of seven children of Harry Bernard Calkin (1861–1926), who married Margaret Agnes Palfrey (1870–1936) in 1890. He was in insurance and became a ...
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Jones, Owen (1809–1874)
Maker: Henry Wyndham Phillips
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Owen Jones (1809–1874) by Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1856 RIBA Library Photographs Collection
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Jones, Owen (1809–1874), architect, printer, and designer
Lesley Hoskins
Jones, Owen (1809–1874), architect, printer, and designer, was born on 15 February 1809 at 148 Thames Street, London, the second of the three children of Owen Jones (1741–1814) and his wife, Hannah Jane (1772/3–1838). His father was a furrier and a distinguished Welsh antiquary. ...
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Marx, Enid Dorothy Crystal (1902–1998), designer
Alan Powers
Marx, Enid Dorothy Crystal (1902–1998), designer, was born in London, at Belsize Lodge, 3 Garlinge Road, Kilburn, on 20 October 1902, the younger daughter and youngest of three children of Robert Joseph Marx, a mechanical engineer particularly involved in the paper industry (and a second cousin, twice removed, of ...
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Morris, William (1834–1896)
Maker: George Frederic Watts
William Morris (1834–1896) by George Frederic Watts, 1870 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Morris, William (1834–1896), designer, author, and visionary socialist
Fiona MacCarthy
Morris, William (1834–1896), designer, author, and visionary socialist, was born at Elm House, Walthamstow, on 24 March 1834, eldest surviving son and fourth of the ten children of William Morris (1797–1847), financier in the City of London, and his wife, Emma (1805–1894), daughter of ...
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Ramshaw, Wendy Anne Jopling (1939–2018), jeweller, artist, and designer
Magdalen Evans
Ramshaw, Wendy Anne Jopling (1939–2018), jeweller, artist, and designer, was born on 26 May 1939 at the Sunderland Royal Infirmary, the only child of Angus Ramshaw (1907–1990), master mariner, and his wife Flora, née Hollingshead (1909–1982). At the time of her birth registration the family lived at ...
