by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
Evelyn Manning Evelyn (known as Eva) was born in Forest Gate, London on 2/10/1892. She was the eldest of five daughters born to her parents, William and Ada Manning. Her father was a civil servant. Her family moved to Severn Kings, Ilford in 1901. Although Eva would...
by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo was born in London, 1851. He trained to be an architect and for a short time was a student of the naturalist John Ruskin. Mackmurdo founded the Century Guild in 1882 along with Herbert Horne and designed furniture,...
by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
Jenny Lowndes Born in 1936, Jenny Lowndes studied at the Central School of Art from 1955 – 1959. She joined Warner & Sons in 1959 and worked in the London studio until 1967. She visited Mexico in 1968. She then worked as a freelance designer of textiles and...
by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
John Little A freelance textile designer in New York. Visited England c.1938. Return to The...
by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
Libert Textile design studio in Paris. Warner & Sons bought regularly from this studio between 1920 and 1960. Return to The...
by Gthomas | Jan 12, 2024 | Creators
Sue Lewis Born in 1936, Sue Lewis studied at Hornsey College of Art, London. She gained a National Diploma of Design in textile design and lithography. Worked as a freelance designer of dress and furnishing textiles. Return to The...
