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Hardiman, who joined the Guild in 1890 and left in 1906, became the chief modeller for metalwork but also worked on leather panels for upholstery and for wall coverings.","physicalDescription":"The panel is rectangular and has evidence of stitching along three sides. It is not clear whether it was intended to be placed vertically or horizontally on the wall but until further evidence of the original scheme is available this description is based on a vertical arrangement, with two flower heads in the top left and right hand corners. These, and a third flower head below them in the centre, are on stems rising from one stem in the bottom left hand corner. Rising from the centre of the bottom is a thicker stem which curves up the left hand side of the panel, behind the two flower heads and divides into two coiling stems on the right, one with a leafy spray, ending below the lower flower head. In the bottom right hand corner the end of one coiling stem and the curve of another are visible, showing that the pattern continued onto an adjacent panel.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ashbee, Charles Robert","id":"A8102"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Hardiman, Bill","id":"A5563"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Guild of Handicraft Ltd","id":"A9111"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embossing","id":"AAT53826"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"},{"text":"","id":""}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Leather, embossed and gilded","categories":[{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"},{"text":"Leather","id":"THES49030"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts movement","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"019","id":"THES301757"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Leather panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Essex House (Mile End)","id":"x43589"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1893-1894","earliest":"1893-01-01","latest":"1894-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Messrs Wates Ltd","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"455","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"370","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured from object","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This is part of a set of leather panels, made by Bill Hardiman of the Guild of Handicraft for the staircase hall of the Magpie and Stump. C.R. Ashbee, who founded the Guild, designed and built this house on Chelsea Embankment for himself, his mother and sisters, in 1893-4. The panels were stitched together to cover the back wall of the hall, against which the first flight of the staircase was placed, and the complete design shows magpies with foliage and flower heads.\r\n\r\nIn 1966 the Museum was given the opportunity to remove the leather panels from the house before it was demolished.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Leather panel, from the Magpie and Stump, designed by Charles Robert Ashbee, made by Bill Hardiman, Essex House (Mile End), 1893-1894.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.22-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"22","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-17","recordCreationDate":"2008-02-27","availableToBook":true}}