Heighway & Son
1891
Function: Modellers, decorative plasterers
History or description: A firm based in Manchester and owned by Thomas Heighway (born in 1849 and active till at least 1911). He was the son of James Heighway, a wallpaper manufacturer. Heighway and Son had an office or showroom in John Dalton Street (based on information in Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades, 1886, p. 1466). In 1886 Heighway and Son were listed in the Directory as mural painters.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Exhibited Modelled Plaster
Exhibited Modelled Plaster
Exhibited Panel
Exhibited Panel
Exhibited Panel
Exhibited Ceiling
Associated People
Employees included Emilio Ciro Marolda
1891 (Circa)
Employees included James Smithies
1891 (Circa)
Sources
Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1891
1891
Cat. Nos. 26, 27, 28, 61, 62, 382, pp. 3, 7, 48, 124
Citing this record
'Heighway & Son', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib5_1217258762, accessed 19 May 2022]
