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Ashbee, Charles Robert (C.R.) [1863-1942. UK. Architect/Silversmith/Furniture/Jewellery Designer/Illustrator]

Charles Robert Ashbee [commonly known as C.R. Ashbee] was born in Isleworth, Mid… subscribers only

Bibliography

1. 'Obituary'. The Builder vol. 152, 29 May 1942 p. 476

2. Armstrong, Barrie and Armstrong, Wendy. The Arts and Crafts movement in the North West of England: a handbook. Wetherby, England: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2006

3. Aslet, Clive. ‘The townies who made Chipping Campden beautiful’ Country life vol. 211, no. 18, 3 May 2017 pp. 140-141 [Report on an exhibition of the work of C. R. Ashbee an =d the Guild of Handicraft at Court Barn Museum, Chipping Campden (April 7-July 9, 2017)]

4. Boutoulle, Myriam. 'Ashbee orfèvre de l'épure'. Connaissance des arts no. 769, April 2018 p p. 82-87. [Discusses the work of C. R. Ashbee who was the subject of two exhibitions in 2018 - at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, and at the Musée national suisse, Zurich]

5. C.R. Ashbee & the Guild of Handicraft Cheltenham, England: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 1981 [Exhibition catalogue]

6. Carruthers, Annette and Greensted, Mary. Good citizen’s furniture: the Arts and crafts collections at Cheltenham. Cheltenham, England: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums in association with Lund Humphries, 1994

7. Church Art. [Catalogue of an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971-1972] London: Her Majesty’’s Stationery Office, 1971 pp. 153-154

8. Crawford, Alan. C.R. Ashbee: architect, designer & romantic socialist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1985

9. Crawford. Alan. An Index to the Ashbee Journals at King's College, Cambridge. Leicester: University of Leicester Victorian Studies Centre, 1965

10. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001

11. Exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts. Catalogue London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1952 pp. 81-84

12. Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985

13. Hamilton, Alec. Arts & Crafts Churches. London: Lund Humphries, 2020

14. Inspired by Design. The Arts and Crafts Collection of The Manchester Metropolitan University, edited by Ruth Shrigley; introductory essay by John Davis [Published in connection with the exhibition Inspired by Design at Manchester City Art Gallery in 1995] Manchester: Manchester City Art Galleries, 1995

15. MacCarthy, Fiona. The simple life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds. London: Lund Humphries, 1981

16. McCarthy, Fiona. Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds London: Lund Humphries, 1981

17. Originality and initiative: the Arts and Crafts Archives at Cheltenham. Edited by Mary Greensted and Sophia Wilson. Cheltenham and Aldershot Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums in association with Lund Humphries, 2003

18. Stamp, Gavin. The English House 1860-1914. Catalogue of an exhibition of photographs and drawings. London: InternationalArchitect and the Building Centre Trust, 1980 pp. 34-35

19. Thomas, Zoe. Women Art Workers and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020

20. ‘Obituary’. Architect & Building News vol. 170, 29 May 1942 p. 123

21. ‘Obituary’. Architect & Building News vol. 170, 5 June 1942 p. 137

22. ‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 49, 1942 p. 134

Weblinks

Alan Crawford, ‘Ashbee, Charles Robert (1863–1942)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [Subscription service]