Beschreibung:

An archive of original designs for stained glass by J. Powell & Sons, Whitefriars Glass Works, late 19th-early 20th century, together approximately 120 drawings, mostly pen & ink, but some pencil, many with watercolour, on paper or card, most with the name of the firm lower right and the client's name upper left, many with multiple drawings to a sheet, some dated, many annotations, including designs for both ecclesiastical and secular settings, e.g. church windows, libraries, conservatories, screens, staircases, doors, boudoirs, lanterns, etc., some folded, generally dust-soiled, some fraying, 68 x 71cm (26.75 x 28ins) and smaller A substantial archive, with proposed designs for private houses, institutions, and other firms, including: The National Portrait Gallery; All Saints Church, Swanscombe; Major General Albermarle Cator; Moxon & Carfrae; Pendell Court, Sir George Macleay; Bank Offices, Cornhill; Dulwich Library; Abbotsworthy; Christchurch, Southwark; Tortworth; Mrs. Basset, Tehidy - Summer House; Blatherwicke Hall; Viscountess Downe, Dingley; C. Pratt & Sons; Padbury Church; The Priory, Roehampton; Royal Courts of Justice, Chambers; Salperton Park, Haseltown; "White Swan" Hotel, York; Bute Hall, Glasgow University; Sansaw Hall; and Lady Shelley, Maresfield Park, Sussex. Whitefriars Glassworks was England's longest producing glassworks. The firm is believed to have been established in 1680, and was purchased by James Powell in 1834, with production continuing until 1980. Although the firm produced high quality art glass on a par with Tiffany, it is best known for its stained glass. The firm under Powell became an innovative world leader in the field of decorative glass, and business was aided by the building of hundreds of new churches during the Victorian era. During the latter part of the nineteenth century Whitefriars Glass formed associations with a number of leading artists and designers, including Philip Webb William Morris Edward Burne-Jones and William De Morgan (approx.130)