William and Alexander Clow (W & A Clow)

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.

Carved The Scottish National War Memorial: St Michael & architectural carving
1927

Locations

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Address 108 Hanover Street Edinburgh | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1920 (Circa)
p. 859

Associated People

Collaborated with Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams
1927 (Circa)
Alice Meredith Williams modelled the archangel Michael in the shrine which was carved in wood by the Clow brothers

Trade name of Alexander Clow
A wood carving business run by the two brothers

Trade name of William Clow
A wood carving business run by the two brothers

Worked with Robert Stodart Lorimer
1910 (Circa) - 1927 (Circa)
Carved figures in the Chapel of the Knights of the Order of the Thistle at St Giles Cathedral (1910-11) and the figure of St Michael for the Scottish National War Memorial (from 1924)

Descriptions of Business or Institution

Listed under Wood Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 859

Listed under Wood Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 886

Listed under Wood Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1237

Sources

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 859

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 860

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1205 Listed under Sculptors

Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
1980

Virtue and Vision Sculpture and Scotland
18 September 1991
p. 106