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In 1888, he founded the Guild and School of Handicraft at Toynbee Hall in the East End of London. In 1891, he moved the school and guild to Essex House in Mile End, London, and in 1902 it moved out of London to Chipping Camden in the Cotswolds, where it remained until its bankruptcy in 1908. He also founded the School of Arts and Crafts (1904 ...
Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1863-1942; Guild of Handicraft (London, England); School of Handicraft Bookplateleaf 0004 Call number 9925165900001551 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital_item 8 External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1049632290 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier
4. C[harles]. R[obert]. Ashbee was one of the most prominent figures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Arts and Crafts movement (1863–1942). He founded the Guild and School of Handicraft in 1888, which is recognized for the silverwork and jewelry that was produced under his guidance until its closure in 1907.
Charles Robert Ashbee was born in 1863, read History at King's College 1883-86, and trained as an architect under G.F. Bodley. In 1888 he founded the Guild and School of Handicrafts, first in East London and then in Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, and he established the Essex House Press in 1898. He was Civic Adviser in Jerusalem 1919-22 ...
Charles Robert Ashbee was born in London, the son of a prosperous city merchant. He was articled to GF Bodley between 1883 and 1885 and lived at the pioneer University Settlement at Toynbee Hall. There he developed a Ruskin reading class, which developed into an arts and crafts class, which in turn became the nucleus of the School Of Handicraft ...
Ashbee was passionate about such social reform, and whilst he was living at Toynbee in 1888, he set up the Guild and School of Handicraft. The guild became a focal point of the Arts and Crafts movement in the UK, as well as the social reform that the residents of Toynbee were striving to achieve.
May 17, 1863 - May 23, 1942. Charles Robert Ashbee was a British architect and designer who was a prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement that took its craft ethic from the works of John Ruskin and its co-operative structure from the socialism of William Morris. Ashbee was defined by one source as "designer, architect, entrepreneur, and ...
