17 results for "owen jones"

An ebonised and gilt chaise longue designed by Owen Jones and manufactured by Jackson & Graham. England, London, circa 1870-73. Exceptionally original, untouched and showing no res...

Chromolithograph, 1868. From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of O...

Chromolithograph, 1868. From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of O...

Chromolithograph, 1868. From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscri...

This charming etching with aquatint depicts a rustic greenhouse with a cat resting peacefully in the long grass beside the doorway. Titled and signed in graphite below the plate line...

Fine, scarce set of four original chromolithographs of Renaissance designs from Racinet's seminal L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Architectur...

An Extraordinary Extending Dining Table Attributed to Jackson & Graham The circular top, which can be extended to accommodate from 8 to 22 guests by the addition of 5 leaves, all of...

A highly rare and important Spanish damascene, "Egyptian Revival" iron, steel, gold, and silver inlaid clock, circa 1900 Exceptional quality, damascened in gold and silver inlay. Measures: 10" high x 16" wide x 9" deep. Definitely made by one of Placido Zuloaga...

Beautiful set of four original Byzantine design chromolithographs from Racinet's seminal L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Architectural, ornam...

Italian Renaissance Design Prints by H. Dolmetsch from Ornamentenschatz, ca. 1880 This set of original antique prints comes from the famous Ornamentenschatz (Treasure of Ornament), ...

Italian Renaissance Design Prints by H. Dolmetsch from Ornamentenschatz, ca. 1880 This set of original antique prints comes from the famous Ornamentenschatz (Treasure of Ornament), ...

An attractive British designed drinks table, the top inlaid with native timbers, laid out in a motif reminiscent of designs from Owen Jones’ The Grammar of Ornament. British, Late N...

A Coromandel and Satinwood Folio Stand Firmly attributed to Jackson & Graham Constructed from richly figured coromandel and banded with satinwood and New Zealand honeysuckle, the fo...

Fine, scarce pair of original chromolithographs of architectural ceiling designs from Racinet's seminal L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Beaut...

Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution by Michael Whiteway. Published by V & A Publishing, 2004. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published in conjunction with C...

A magnificent library table Attributed to Jackson & Graham Of free standing rectangular form, constructed in coromandel, with inlays in thuya, ebony, boxwood, and honeysuckle; the fluted legs rising from square brass castor-shod feet; the frieze housing two lockable drawers fitted with rare ‘tamper proof’ Chubb locks and having quadrant moulded cedar lined interiors; the platform having a central panel of beautifully chosen matched coromandel veneers, with an outer guard border of a running pattern of stylised anthemions; the ebony edges having a thumb nail moulding, circa 1865 The firm of Jackson & Graham established in 1836 by Thomas Jackson and Peter Graham at 37 Oxford Street London, and for the next fifty years produced predominately high quality furniture and represented Britain at many of the international exhibitions. Their clients included Queen Victoria, Napoleon III, the Grand Khedive of Cairo and the royal palace in Siam. They were particularly noted for their fine marquetry work, the use of Wedgwood plaques, rare woods, and fine casting of bronze mounts. They engaged the leading designers of the period, inter alia, Owen Jones, Bruce Talbert, Alfred Lorimer and Eugene Prignot. In the mid-1850s the workforce was recorded as 250, and by 1875, the company was employing 600 workers. They were feted exhibitors at many of the Great Exhibitions of the 19th century, and frequent prize winners. At the Paris International Exhibition of 1878, the furniture jury noted of them ‘ the workmanship is so perfect that even with the aid of a magnifying glass scarcely the slightest imperfection is to be found’. In 1885 the company was absorbed by Collinson and Lock, who continued their standard of excellence. Charles Chubb was apprenticed as a blacksmith before starting business as a ships’ ironmonger in Winchester. Jeremiah soon joined the business, and by 1818 the brothers had branched out into lockmaking, founding the famous Chubb Company. The business really got started when Jeremiah Chubb patented his new ‘detector lock’ in 1818. The lock was constructed so that if someone tried to pick it or open it with the wrong key it became inoperable. To make the lock work again the owner had to use a special key supplied with the lock. The aim of the detector lock was to prevent burglaries, and to warn the owner that someone had tried to break into their property. The lock soon became popular, and sales of the Chubbs’ products increased even more when they won a government competition to design a lock that could only be opened using its own key. After the invention of the detector lock, the Chubbs decided to move to Wolverhampton, which already had an established lock making industry. By 1838 they were making 28,000 locks a year at their Wolverhampton factory. Another product was added to the Chubb range in 1835 when a patent was taken out for a burglar resistant safe, and in 1837 the Chubb safe...

Set of Four Italian Renaissance Decorative Prints by H. Dolmetsch, 1890s This striking set of four chromolithographic plates presents a vivid celebration of Italian Renaissance deco...