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Robert Ashbee’s father was a merchant, bibliophile, and erotica aficionado. His mother a Jewish-Hamburgian suffragette. Their son, born in 1863, was a bright young man who rose above ‘the routine, stupidity, and brutality’ of his preparatory school to excel academically and read History at King’s College Cambridge. Upon graduating in 1886, his parents had relocated to Bloomsbury ...
Designed by Charles Robert Ashbee (born in Isleworth, near London, 1863, died in Godden Green, Kent, 1942) in 1901; made by the Guild of Handicraft Ltd. at Essex House, London. Bears Dutch import marks and was probably exported to The Netherlands. Summary. Object Type. In the early 1900s, C.R. Ashbee designed about 12 peacock brooches and pendants.
Chandelier, designed by C.R. Ashbee for 37, Cheyne Walk, London, 1895. Physical description. Nine pendant circular rose: a circle of nine enamelled roses is arranged around a central rose. From this are suspended a circular wrought iron band, draped silk covered electrical wires and drop shaped bulbs. Dimensions.
Charles Robert Ashbee was a British architect and designer who was a prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement that took its craft ethic from the works of John Ruskin and its co-operative structure from the socialism of William Morris. Ashbee was defined by one source as "designer, architect, entrepreneur, and social reformer".
Summary. Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) was a man of immense talents and energy and a defining figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. In 1888 he founded the Guild of Handicraft in Whitechapel in the East End of London with the intention of reviving traditional craft skills and providing satisfying employment in a deprived area of the city.
The friendship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles Robert Ashbee [Fig. 40a] has often been noticed in connection with Ashbee’s introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright: Aüsgefuhrte Bauten. The following letters, found in Ashbee’s journals, add to our knowledge of this friendship; and perhaps to a sense of its intellectual complexity.
Fils d'un marchand prospère Charles Robert Ashbee,a étudié au Wellington College et à Cambridge. Il a été membre fondateur du mouvement Arts and Crafts qu'il a ensuite développé en créant, en 1888, la Guild and School of Handicraft dans laquelle les idées du mouvement étaient mis en pratique, avec une spécialisation dans l'ameublement
