(William) Edward Barnsley
Born 1900
Died 1987
Active: 1919 - 1987
Country of birth and death: England
Designer, furniture designer, wood worker
Son of the architect and furniture designer, Sidney Barnsley (1865-1926) and nephew of Ernest Barnsley (1863-1926), architect and designer. The Barnsley brothers worked in the Cotswolds and were associated with the craftsman and architect, Ernest Gimson (1864-1919).
Works
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Contributed to making of Panels for Reredos for Chalford Church, Gloucester
executed joinery work
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Selection committee member of Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1946
For furniture section.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1946 (Presumed)
Council member 1946.
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Nan Reid
Collaborated with Alan Lydiat Durst
Fellow committee member with Eric Sharpe
Related to Norman Jewson
Jewson married Edward Barnsley's cousin, Mary Barnsley, daughter of (Arthur) Ernest Barnsley (1863-1926)
Citing this record
'(William) Edward Barnsley', 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/person.php?id=msib2_1213190847, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
