Bruce James Talbert
British furniture designer, 1838–1881
In 1867 he published the first volume of Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes, a sourcebook for manufacturers - was a kind of practical demonstration of Charles Locke Eastlake’s Hints on Household Taste (1864-66). The second volume of Gothic Forms was published in 1868. In 1870 he set up his own design studio in London. He designed for a number of furniture making firms including Holland & Sons, Gillows of Lancaster, and Collinson and Lock. In 1876 he published Examples of Ancient and Modern Furniture, Metalwork, Tapestries, Decoration etc. marking a change in aesthetic, away from the strictly Gothic designs advocated in his earlier book, towards a more eclectic borrowing from past styles. In additional to three-dimensional objects, he designed wallpapers (for Jeffrey & Co. among others), silks and carpets.
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