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James Giles's decorations on glass.(London porcelain decorator)(Illustration)
The work of the London porcelain decorator James Giles is typified by a range of gilded and enameled motifs spanning the fashions for rococo and neoclassical ornament. The identification and understanding of his work was greatly enhanced in 1966 by a study of James Christie's auction sale catalogues of Giles's stock held in 1769 and 1774. (1) It also revealed that a significant proportion of his decorative output was applied to glassware.
Confirmation of Giles's role as a glass decorator was followed by a gradual realization that numerous examples of colored lead glass with gilded decoration, stylistically dateable to the 1760s and 1770s, were also attributable ...
- Tracking James Giles on Worcester porcelain.(ceramic wares)(Brief biography)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Crane, Paul June 1, 2007 700+ words
...wares to the London atelier of James Giles has long been a source of fascination...excellent monograph In Search of James Giles, published in 1983, provided...great-great-great-grandson of James Giles, appeared at the valuation desk...
- OX skulls and flowers James Giles's glass: although now remembered largely for...
- Magazine article from: Apollo McConnell, Andy August 1, 2005 700+ words
The role of James Giles (1718-80) as a decorator of glassware...notably from the Worcester factory. Giles's insurance policies categorised him...dispose of the 'Stock in Trade of Mr James Giles, Chinaman and Enameller, Quitting that...
- A designer of distinction: the glassware of James Giles: to mark a major...
- Magazine article from: Apollo McConnell, Andy June 1, 2005 700+ words
...of the London porcelain decorator James Giles (1718-80) has long been recognised...Worcester in 1745. If it was the same 'James Giles', he was presumably pursuing an...follow his father's profession. Giles was certainly in London around 1756...
- Harlequinade on a teapot: the unexpected appearance at Christie's last year of...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Hanscombe, Stephen June 1, 2007 700+ words
...factory, but in the workshop of the London decorator James Giles. Giles established his workshop in Soho in the 1740s, and...India Company from the 1720s. However, in about 1763 Giles switched to Worcester as his principal source of porcelain...
- Wrongly convicted.(NEWSMAKERS)(James Giles )(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Jet April 30, 2007 700+ words
James Giles is surrounded by family in Dallas after...rape conviction based on new DNA evidence, Giles, 53, has spent nearly half of his life...Attorney Lisa Smith. At the courthouse are Giles' sister Ruthie Giles, Virginia Garrett...
- GILES.(Obit)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) August 17, 2003 700+ words
James Giles August 10, 2003 James Giles, 48, of Syracuse, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was...Syracuse; five children, Jasmine, twins Shikela and Sheron, James Giles Jr., and Carrie Simone Giles-Daniel (Demetrius), all of...
- Giles Quietly Emrgers in 7th District Race
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Neal November 20, 1995 700+ words
...Congressional District, Ald. Percy Z. Giles (37th) is off to a quick start in the...Rep. Cardiss Collins (D-Chicago). Giles, 43, the former executive director of...I'm a doer, not a talker," said Giles. "I've never been a big talker, and...
- GILES BUILDS ON WARWICKS LEAD.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) July 24, 1998 700+ words
ASHLEY Giles put Warwickshire in control of their County...another half century at Edgbaston today. Giles, discarded by England for the Trent Bridge...121 for three in their second innings. Giles, like Neil Smith, is a better batsman...
