Detail View: SHIMMER: The White Building
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Title:
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The White Building
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Creation Date:
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1908
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Image Date:
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2001
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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faience tile facing
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Display Creator:
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TORY , GIBBS
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Image ID:
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01-0819
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Description:
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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.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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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 >."
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Image Storage Location:
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http://helios.shu.ac.uk/01-0819.tif
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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GIBBS, Edward Mitchell
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Creator:
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TORY, Alfred and William Frank
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Creator Role:
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Sculptors. Active in Sheffield. Ex-students of Sheffield College of Art.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Offices -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Relief (Sculpture), English
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Subject Heading:
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural
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Subject Heading:
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Artisans
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Subject Heading:
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Industries -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Industrial arts
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