Charles Frodsham

Charles Frodsham (1810-1873) – was a famous English clock and watch maker. Apprenticed to his father, also a well known horologist, he set up in business on his own account and bought out Arnold & Co when John Roger Arnold died in 1843. He went on to become one of the period’s most eminent eminent...

Charles Guillaume Diehl

Charles Guillaume Diehl (1811 – 1885) was a furniture maker from Germany who settled in Paris in 1840. By 1870 he employed over 600 craftsmen making a wide range of boxes and cases including liquor cabinets, jewellery and games boxes as well as small furniture. His furniture included games tables, lady’s work...

Charles I & Henrietta Maria

Charles I (1600 – 1649 )- was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles, the second son of King James VI of Scotland moved to England when his father inherited the English throne in 1603. His elder brother died in 1612 and this made […]

Charles Stuart Harris

Charles Stuart Harris was from a family of manufacturing silversmiths and was an active silversmith between 1852 and 1897, running the business which eventually was to become C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd in 1897. The firm started in 1817 with John Mark Harris, a spoonmaker who moved to City Road in London around 1831....

Charles X

Charles X was the King of France for six years from 1824 until 1830. He was known as the Count of Artois for most of his life, being the younger brother of the ill-fated Louis XVI, the uncrowned Louis XVII and Louis XVIII whom he succeeded. He abdicated in 1830 as the result of the […]

Cheval Mirror

Cheval Mirror – also called horse dressing glass or psyche, was a long tall mirror designed to assist with dressing. The mirror glass was suspended between two pillar and could be tilted at any angle due to the use of swivel screws. The height could also be adjusted by the use of lead counterweights and...

Chinese Dragon

Chinese dragons are mythical creatures from Chinese mythology and folklore. They are most commonly represented as being snake-like with four legs, although they also appear as fish, turtles and in purely imaginary form. They symbolise auspicious and potent power with particular control over water – including...

Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie (French for “Chinese-esque”) describes a style that imitated Chinese and East Asian artistic motifs and styles. It first appeared in the 17th century, with the rise of trade from the East, and came to influence the decorative arts, architecture, and garden design amongst other things. It peaked in the...

Chippendale

Thomas Chippendale – born: 1718 in Otley, Yorkshire, died: 1779 in London. Chippendale has become one of the best-known furniture designers and makers in the history of English furniture. As he was born into a family of carpenters it is no surprise that he too entered into a trade where he was designing and...

Christopher Dresser

Christopher Dresser was a designer and design theorist who was born in 1834. He became the leading light in the Aesthetic Movement and was one of the first independent designers who was not a permanent employee of a manufacturer. He specialised in the Anglo-Japanese style, popular between 1851 and 1900. Interest in...

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Charles Frodsham

Charles Guillaume Diehl

Charles I & Henrietta Maria

Charles Stuart Harris

Charles X

Cheval Mirror

Chinese Dragon

Chinoiserie

Chippendale

Christopher Dresser

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