COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
The White Building
title
The White Building
Title
false
Creation Date:
1908
creation_date
1908
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2001
image_date
2001
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
faience tile facing
material
faience tile facing
Material
false
Display Creator:
TORY , GIBBS
display_creator
TORY , GIBBS
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
01-0819
image_id
01-0819
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior view. Building faced in tiles including those above ground floor level depicting The Sheffield Trades by A. & F. TORY Location: White Building, Fitzalan Square. Description: Relief frieze depicting Sheffield trades. Reading from right to left across the facade the figures as described by J.B.Himsworth (a contemporary of the brothers Tory) are: "a Silversmith (with a blowpipe): a Chaser: an Engineer: a File Cutter (known locally as a 'nicker pecker'): a Steel Roller: a Cutler (with parcers on the background): a Grinder (using a flat-stick): a Hand-forger (who flourished before so much machine forging came into use): a Buffer (i.e. of non-ferrous articles and not a cutlery grinder's buffer): and a steel crucible teemer (with sweat rag in his mouth)." Commission: E.M.Gibbs (of Sheffield Architects: Flockton and Gibbs) who built and owned the building. Comment: The brothers modelled the figures which were sent away to be modelled in white faience. References: J.B.Himsworth. Typed manuscript on the City of Sheffield Artcrafts Guild, c. 1954. Sheffield Hallam University library.
description
Exterior view. Building faced in tiles including those above ground floor level depicting The Sheffield Trades by A. & F. TORY Location: White Building, Fitzalan Square. Description: Relief frieze depicting Sheffield trades. Reading from right to left across the facade the figures as described by J.B.Himsworth (a contemporary of the brothers Tory) are: "a Silversmith (with a blowpipe): a Chaser: an Engineer: a File Cutter (known locally as a 'nicker pecker'): a Steel Roller: a Cutler (with parcers on the background): a Grinder (using a flat-stick): a Hand-forger (who flourished before so much machine forging came into use): a Buffer (i.e. of non-ferrous articles and not a cutlery grinder's buffer): and a steel crucible teemer (with sweat rag in his mouth)." Commission: E.M.Gibbs (of Sheffield Architects: Flockton and Gibbs) who built and owned the building. Comment: The brothers modelled the figures which were sent away to be modelled in white faience. References: J.B.Himsworth. Typed manuscript on the City of Sheffield Artcrafts Guild, c. 1954. Sheffield Hallam University library.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Image Storage Location:
image_storage_location
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/01-0819.tif
Image Storage Location
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
GIBBS, Edward Mitchell
creator
GIBBS, Edward Mitchell
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Architect.
creator_role
Architect.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Creator:
TORY, Alfred and William Frank
creator
TORY, Alfred and William Frank
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptors. Active in Sheffield. Ex-students of Sheffield College of Art.
creator_role
Sculptors. Active in Sheffield. Ex-students of Sheffield College of Art.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Offices -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Offices -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Relief (Sculpture), English
subject_heading
Relief (Sculpture), English
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
subject_heading
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Artisans
subject_heading
Artisans
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Industries -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Industries -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Industrial arts
subject_heading
Industrial arts
Subject Heading
false