19:(born 1945) has been a Designer and creator of one-off furniture for over 40 years with work in many museums and public collections, together with his work written about and illustrated in many books and articles.In 1999 he received a PhD for his thesis “New Forms of Imagery in Furniture". The Reflections of a Designer working in the Craft Revival of the 1970s and beyond” together with a major collection of his designs.
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Most recently Rupert
Williamson has written a fully illustrated book that surveys his work from 1962 detailing his influences and the various themes explaining in detail the way he works through sketching model making and computer aided design. The book also contains a fully illustrated catalogue of
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His work has been collected for many public collections and museums including the
Victoria and Albert, Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, and Royal Scottish Museum. In 2012 David Savage produced a book ‘Furniture with Soul” detailing ten of the top furniture designer craftsmen in the world today that work in
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He has created furniture mainly for individual customers, such as
Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter, which is open to the public, also in combination with other artists he has worked on a number of large public commissions, including Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Norwich Museum, and Queen Elizabeth
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He studied at High
Wycombe and The Royal College of Art that he left in 1971. In the first major showing of his work in 1976 at an alumni exhibition, a chair was bought for the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. After this first exhibition his work was to be seen in Sloane Square, London,
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After the storms in
England of 1987, The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London, held an exhibition pieces of furniture made from the timber blown down. Rupert Williamson made three tables from this wood, two being bought for museums collections with the other one sold at Bonhams.
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Hale, Sheila (April 1978). "Hardcraft: Talks to Six
Successful Craftsmen (Steven Newell, Catherine Pleydell Bouverie, Rupert Williamson, Alison Britton, John Hinchcliffe, Susan Heron)". Harpers & Queen:
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magazines and books and was shown in most of the major galleries in the UK including The Crafts
Council Gallery, London Prescote Gallery, Banbury, the Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London.
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Decorative Arts Award Exhibition Catalogue (2289): 35. 15 August 1988. "Four pieces exhibited - Jewellery Cabinet voted best piece by the general public"
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1999 PhD. University of
Teesside. “New Forms of Imagery in Furniture. The Reflections of a Designer working in the Craft Revival of the 1970’s and beyond”
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Harrod, Tanya; La Trobe-Bateman, Mary, eds. (1998). Contemporary
Applied Arts: 50 Years of Craft. London: Contemporary Applied Arts. pp. 178–183.
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Norbury, Betty (2009). Bespoke: Source Book of Furniture Designer Makers. Stobart Davies. pp. (ten illustrations throughout the book).
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Decorative Art and Modern Interiors / Themes in Nature. London: Studio Vista. 1979. pp. 160, 166, 167 (illustrations).
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Norbury, Betty; Davies, Stobart, eds. (1999). Furniture for the 21st Century. Hertford: Stobart Davies. pp. 178–183.
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Scriven, Hugh (November/December 1983). "Furniture - New Designs by Rupert Williamson". Crafts (65): 47. ISSN 0306-610X.
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Savage, David (June/July 2011). "Rupert Williamson: A Maker with Soul". British Woodworking (24): 32–37. ISSN 1755-0157.
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New Forms of Imagery in Furniture. The Reflections of a Designer Working in the Craft Revival of the 1970's and Beyond
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Taylor, Caroline; O' Reilly, Emma-Louise (September 1988). "British Furniture Today". Landscape: 60. ISSN 0951-7669.
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Lutyens, Dominic; Hislop, Kirsty (2009). 70s Style & Design. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 81–82,123.
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Williamson, Rupert. "Hue, Line & Form Exhibition 2007". Contemporary and Applied Arts. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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Butter, Georgina; Morrison, Alistair (December 1987). "Barnstorming". Country Homes and Interiors: 78–83.
226:"Contemporary British Craft". Sotheby's Belgravia Catalogue: 34 (three pieces exhibited). December 1980.
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Mackenzie, Michael (1989). "Homes & Decor". City (Milton Keynes) (Second quarterly edition): 34.
241:"An Exhibition of the Woodworkers Art". Hand and Mind Catalogue (Cornwall Crafts Association). 1984.
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wood. Rupert Williamson was included alongside Garry Knox Bennett, John Cederquist, John Makepeace.
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Isozaki, Arata, ed. (1989). The International Design Yearbook, 1988/89. London: Thames and Hudson.
274:"Exhibition: Tabling Atmospheric Motions". Woodworker (2): 208–209. February 1991. ISSN 0043-776X.
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Ben, Elizabeth (20 June 1978). "Chairs Worthy of Chippendale". The Daily Telegraph. p. 15.
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Collenette, Peter (April 1985). "A Contemporary Master". Woodworker: 262–263. ISSN 0043-776X.
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Decorative Art and Modern Interiors. London: Studio Vista. 1978. p. 152 (illustration).
302:"Viewpoint on Design". Furniture & Cabinet Making (40): 45–48. May 2000. ISSN 1365-4292.
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Faulker, Kate (March 1988). "Contemporary Design: Knock on Wood". Countryside (1): 62–65.
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Owen, Mike (1990). "Hurricane Hewn". Outlook (Journal of Marine Development) (1): 18–21.
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Williamson, Rupert (2014). The Furniture of Rupert Williamson, Duval & Hamilton.
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Buckinghamshire Museum, Aylesbury: Chair Sycamore and Walnut, Table Yew and Sycamore
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Levi, Peta (13 November 1990). "Harvest of the Hurricane". The Times. p. 20. [
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1968 DipA/D High Wycombe College of Art and Technology, now New Bucks University
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An Encyclopedia of Furniture. London: Grange. 1997. p. 365 (illustration).
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Phillips Contemporary Craft Catalogue: 61 (three pieces exhibited). May 1989.
223:"Arbeit und Lebensform im Kunsthandwerk". Exempla '79 Catalogue: 50–51. 1979.
265:"Profile: Class Apart". Woodworker (6): 572–574. June 1990. ISSN 0043-776X.
229:"Worth Watching". Antique Collector: 78. January 1981. ISSN 0003-5858.
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Radford, Penny (10 June 1971). "Design Report". The Times. p. 11.
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Homes and Gardens: 57 (illustration). September 1983. ISSN 0018-4233.
232:"Roundelay". House & Garden (4): 118. April 1981. ISSN 0043-5759.
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Rupert Williamson was born in 1945 and is married with two children.
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Decorative Arts Museum, Montreal, Canada: Table Ebony and Sycamore
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1982 Bursary from Crafts Council (Ruskin Award) (Steam Bending)
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London: Chair Maple and Rosewood
299:"Roundely". House & Garden: 72. 1998. ISSN 0043-5759.
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1975 Setting up Grant from the Crafts Advisory Committee
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Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: Table Yew and Sycamore
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