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Thomas William Camm (1839 – 1912) was an English stained glass designer and manufacturer.
Born in Spon Lane,
Thomas William Camm (1839 – 1912) was an English stained glass designer and manufacturer.
Born in Spon Lane, West Bromwich
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, he worked for the ornamental department of Chance Brothers
Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands (formerly in Staffordshire), in England. It was a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glassmaking technology.
The Chance f ...
in Smethwick
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In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider bu ...
until it closed down in 1865, when he set up his own company of Camm Brothers. This was bought by the Birmingham
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firm of R. W. Winfield
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in 1882, but by 1888 Camm was again working independently as T. W. Camm.
Camm's work was widely acclaimed. His studio won medals in Paris
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in 1878, in Sydney in 1879 and in Turin
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in 1911, and the American architect Ralph Adams Cram
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wrote:
His daughter Florence Camm
Florence Camm (7 August 1874 – 1960) was a British stained-glass artist, painter and metalworker associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Camm and her brothers, Walter and Robert, took over the management of the family stained-glass busin ...
produced most of the artwork for the company after his death in 1912.
Other artist-makers who worked for the company included Florence Evelyn Loach and her husband Albert Fell
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. They both also acted as models for Florence Camm's work, including the 'Dante and Beatrice' windows, which are now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camm, T. W. 1839 births 1912 deaths British stained glass artists and manufacturers Glassmaking companies of the United Kingdom