- Bromsgrove Guild
The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts (1898–1966) was a company of
modern art ists and designers associated with theArts and Crafts Movement , founded by Walter Gilbert. The guild worked in metal, wood, plaster, bronze, tapestry, glass and other mediums. [ [http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-museum-bromsgrove-guild-objects Worcestershire County Council] ]The Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908. [ [http://www.asdx02.dsl.pipex.com/bsoc2003/guildbo.htm The Bromsgrove Society] ]
The Guild's most famous works on public display are probably the main gates of
Buckingham Palace .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 bird s
* Trim on the
* Trim on the RMS|Queen Mary
* The statue ofHygieia atChequers
* Plasterwork at Averley, Glasgow. [ [http://glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=bromsgrove www.glasgowsculpture.com] ]
* 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 andreredos in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral
* The main gates ofBuckingham Palace
*Terpsichore on the facade of theFortune Theatre Notes
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