These are designs for candle sconces. The Wilson holds many designs for these popular pieces, from more worked up sketches to blueprints of designs.
This sketch looks as if it might be a rough design for the clergy chairs Gimson designed for Westminster Cathedral in 1914.
There are also a number of sketches for cottages in the book.
This sketch also shows Gimson doing lots of calculations – but sadly we don’t know what they were for!
This shows a sketch for a lectern, similar to one designed for a sanitorium chapel in 1908, alongside a sketch of a door latch.
This page shows a mix of sketches of joints, chamfered woodwork, and designs for a metal grate for a fire – in the bottom right you can see that his ideas didn’t always please him, as that one is crossed out!
These are designs for candle sconces. The Wilson holds many designs for these popular pieces, from more worked up sketches to blueprints of designs.
This sketch looks as if it might be a rough design for the clergy chairs Gimson designed for Westminster Cathedral in 1914.
This page shows a mix of sketches of joints, chamfered woodwork, and designs for a metal grate for a fire – in the bottom right you can see that his ideas didn’t always please him, as that one is crossed out!
This shows a sketch for a lectern, similar to one designed for a sanitorium chapel in 1908, alongside a sketch of a door latch.
This sketch also shows Gimson doing lots of calculations – but sadly we don’t know what they were for!
There are also a number of sketches for cottages in the book.
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