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:
1989
image_date
1989
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:
89-2573
image_id
89-2573
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior detail: L: steel roller . R: file cutter ("nicker pecker") . Location: White Building, Fitzalan Square. Description: Building faced in tiles including those above ground floor level depicting The Sheffield Trades by A. & F. TORY. 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 detail: L: steel roller . R: file cutter ("nicker pecker") . Location: White Building, Fitzalan Square. Description: Building faced in tiles including those above ground floor level depicting The Sheffield Trades by A. & F. TORY. 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
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
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
Creator:
GIBBS, Edward Mitchell
creator
GIBBS, Edward Mitchell
Creator
false
Creator Dates - Born:
1847
creator_dates_born
1847
Creator Dates - Born
false
Creator Dates - Died:
1935
creator_dates_died
1935
Creator Dates - Died
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
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:
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
Subject Heading:
Steel foundries
subject_heading
Steel foundries
Subject Heading
false