Campden

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Artist/Maker	J. & J. Wiggin Ltd. (manufacturer) Welch, Robert (RDI) (designer)
Place of origin	Bloxwich (made) Chipping Campden (designed)

Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Sheffield, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith.

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Categories	Metalwork Product Design Lighting
Object type	Candelabrum
Title	Campden (series title)
Materials and techniques	Stainless steel with wood Stainless Steel Wood
Brief description	Stainless steel and wood, England, Bloxwich, ca.1957, made by J.J. Wiggin, designed by Robert Welch RDI.
Physical description	Three legged, stainless steel, candelabrum, with wooden feet.
Dimensions	Height: 9.125in Taken from register - with qualification but unable to read.
Style	Modernist
Credit line	Given by the manufacturer
Summary	Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Sheffield, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith.
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	CIRC.345-1959

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Record created	February 25, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O145995/campden-candelabrum-welch-robert-rdi/

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