M. LILIAN SIMPSON FOR THE ART UNION OF LONDON
SILVER PLATED BOOK BINDING, CIRCA 1896
£475
Auction: 7 November 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
cast to each side with an allegorical figure of love watched over by spirits on each angle, and enclosing an album of photographs, engraved on the front, the back and the spine ART UNION OF LONDON 1ST JANUARY 1896
Dimensions
24.5cm x 20cm
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers, Annette and Greensted, Mary (Edit.) 'Simplicity or Splendour', pub. Cheltenham 1999, pp.143-4, illus. Fig. 168 Cat.183
Note: This design was commissioned by the Art Union of London and was distributed to its members. It gained the artist a Gold Medal in the National Competition of all the schools of art under the Science and Art Dept. in 1894. The Art Union of London was set up in 1837 on the suggestion that a visually educated workforce could improve British design & enable Britain to compete more successfully in international manufacturing.