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Frieze panel
Gilbert, Walter, born 1871 - died 1946 - Enlarge image
Frieze panel
- Place of origin:
Birmingham, England (made)
- Date:
1933 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Gilbert, Walter, born 1871 - died 1946 (probably, designer)
Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Art (maker) - Museum number:
M.262-1984
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This cast aluminium panel was part of a decorative frieze over a lift entrance in the Derry & Toms building in Kensington High Street, London. The designer, Walter Gilbert, founded the Bromsgrove Guild which made the panel about 1897 in Birmingham.
The Guild specialised in metalwork and jewellery and exhibited successfully at the Paris Centennial Exhibition in 1900. By the 1930s it had lost a lot of its original flair and was principally known for its finely detailed architectural metalwork, such as this Art Deco panel.
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