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Career. Silver Studio Collection. References. Arthur Silver (1853-1896) Arthur Silver (1853–1896) was a designer and founder of the Silver Studio. He was born in Reading in 1853. His grandfather had been in the cabinet-making business and his father, James Silver, was an upholsterer. [1] Education.
The studio, founded by Arthur Silver (1853–1896) designed some of the most famous fabric, wallpaper, carpet and metalwork designs for companies such as Liberty's, Turnbull and Stockdale, Sanderson and Warner and Sons Ltd, all of which used the Silver Studio's designs for their own ranges of wallpapers and textile.
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Arthur Silver was a commercial pattern designer who founded his own design company (the Silver Studio) in 1880. The Silver Studio was a key producer of designs for wallpapers and textiles for manufacturers and retailers around Britain and abroad, from 1880 until the 1960s.
Mar 21, 2013 · Arthur Silver (1853-1896) was apprenticed to the furniture designer H. W. Batley in the 1870s and in 1880 started the Silver Studio to produce repeating patterns for wallpapers textiles and floor coverings as well as plasterwork, stencils, metalwork and tradecards.
The Silver Studio, established here in 1880. Arthur Silver, 1853 - 1896, Rex Silver, 1879 - 1965, Harry Silver, 1881 - 1971, designers, lived here. Site: Silver Studio (1 memorial)
ABSTRACT. Arthur Silver was a designer and founder of the design business, the Silver Studio. The Silver Studio was then founded in 1880, with the aim of 'bringing together a body of men to establish a studio which would be capable of supplying designs for the whole field of fabrics and other materials used in the decoration of the home'.
Arthur Silver. Born 1853. He studied at Reading School of Art from 1868 to 1872. He founded the Silver Studio for designing all types of industrial objects, but concentrated chiefly on textiles and wallpaper. After his death in 1896 the studio continued under the direction of his son Rex until 1963.
