The Pritchard Papers 1829-1996 (predominantly 1925-1985)

Great Britain

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This historic document, considered by many to be the cornerstone of English liberty, was the result of demands made by the English barons at the beginning of the 13th century for rights and guarantees against the exactions of the m̀onarchy' in the person of King John. It consists of a preamble and 63 clauses. Also includes facsimile of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral (acquired 1964). From the description of Magna Carta [manuscript]. 1215. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record i...

Breuer, Marcel. furniture designer

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Perriand, Charlotte., 1930-1999

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Furniture Development Council

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Isokon Flats (Manchester)

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Russell, Gordon, 1892-1980

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Lawn Road Flats

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Impington Village College

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Isobar

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Isokon Flats (Birmingham)

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Half-Hundred Club

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Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946

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László Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) was a painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, film maker, theorist and teacher who was a major figure in the Bauhaus movement, first in Germany and later instrumental in bringing the Bauhaus philosophy to the United States. His work spanned many genres. He was influenced by the Constructivists, Dadists and the Suprematists. In 1922 he was appointed to Bauhaus school of design in Berlin, staying until 1928. After working in commercial practice in Europe, he mov...

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965

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Architect. Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, adopted pseudonym Le Corbusier, 1920. Studied engraving at School of Applied Arts, La Chaux de Fonds, 1900-1905. Employed in office of architect Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, in 1907; August Perret, Paris, and with Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, Berlin, in 1910. Founder-Director, L'Atelier d'Art Réunis, La Chaux de Fonds, 1909-1914, and Instructor, l'Eplattenier's Nouvelle Section de l'Ecole d'Art, La Chaux de Fonds, 1911-1914; also work...

Fry, Maxwell, 1899-1987

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Race Ernest furniture designer

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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

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Architect, educator. Studied architecture at the Universities of Charlottenburg-Berlin and Munich, Germany from 1903 to 1907. Founded and directed the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919, which Gropius moved to Dessau in 1925 and renamed "Bauhaus Dessau". Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1937 and Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1938 to 1952. Formed the Architects' Collaborative in Cambridge in 1946. For further information see James ...

Venesta International Ltd

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Coates, Wells, 1895-1958

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Wells Wintemute Coates (1895-1958) was born in Tokyo, Japan. B.S., Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1921; Ph.D., Engineering, University of London, 1924. In the office of Adams and Thompson, London, 1924. Founder, with Maxwell Fry, of the English Modern Architecture Research Group, 1933. In private practice, London, 1929-1939, 1945-1952, 1956-1958. In partnership with Patrick Gwynne; with Jacqueline Tyrwhitt; and with Michael Lyell. Major works include Lawn Road Flats, Ham...

Forbes Mansfield Duval 1889-1936

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Isokon (Lawn Road Ltd), service flats, 1932 - 1975

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Shand, P. Morton (Philip Morton), 1888-1960

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Morris, Henry, 1889-1961

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Isokon (Windsor Ltd)

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Pritchard, Rosemary., 1900-1985

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Isokon (Firm)

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Political and Economic Planning (Think tank)

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Gropius, Ise

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Ise or Ilse Gropius (born Ilse Frank) was married to Walter Gropius, the German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School in Dessau, from 1923 until his death in 1969. The couple moved from Britian to Lincoln, Massachusetts in the spring 1937. They had one daughter, Ati Gropius. From the description of Ilse Gropius Correspondence, 1940-1974. 1940-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 752388772 Ise Gropius was the widow of Walter Gropius; Müller was an archivist at the Bauh...

Isokon (Firm)

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Aldeburgh Festival

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Furniture Industry Research Association

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Design & Industries Association (Great Britain)

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Pritchard, John Craven, 1899-1992

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Jack Pritchard described himself as an entrepreneur, although he trained at Cambridge as an engineer and economist. Born in Hampstead in 1899, he served as a midshipman in WWI. In 1924 he married Molly Cooke, who became a practicing psychiatrist. They had two sons born in 1926 and 1928. Jack also shared a daughter with Beatrix Tudor Hart. In 1925 Jack joined the Venesta Plywood Company and in 1928 he designed, with E.A. Brown, a sideboard in Plymax. He became...

Florence, P. Sargant (Philip Sargant), 1890-1982

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