Bromsgrove The Bromsgrove Society 1999

xi + 146 pp. 84 b/w ills throughout, 25 in colour. 8vto. Fine. Decorated wrappers. Illustrated comprehensive history of the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts, founded 1898 in the West Midlands. Traces the Guild's development into a thriving commercial enterprise with an international reputation in metalwork, woodcarving, plasterwork, stained glass and other media, and cites celebrated commissions such as the wrought iron gates of Buckingham Palace, ornate metalwork on the Cunard Liners, and Liverpool's renowned 'Liver Birds'. Includes accounts from former Guild workers.