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A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios (1890sā€“1960s)


Stained glass manufacturers. Archibald Keighley Nicholson (1867-1937) was the brother of Charles Nicholson (1867-1949), a pupil of J. D. Sedding and partner of Henry Wilson, and of Sydney Nicholson, founder of the Royal School of Church Music. A.K. Nicholson also worked with Henry Wilson, but in the late 1890s set up his own stained glass studio in London. He was embedded in the Arts and Crafts traditions, and kept close personal control over all the work which left his studio. He served on the council of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in the 1920s.

A.K. Nicholson's studio continued into the 1960s under his name, and run by G.E.R. Smith who designed their windows after 1937. Smith had been a pupil of Edward Frampton, and in his obituary of Frampton, A.L. Wilkinson noted other apprentices to Frampton that went to work at Nicholson's studio, including Nicholson's chief glazier, Samuel Maynard, and James Mien. The studio continued into the 1960s after the death of G.E.R. Smith under Margaret Pawle and Hew Lewis Pawle.


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  St Michael St Michael
artist: A. K. Nicholson
1894
Church of St Deiniol, Worthenbury, Wrexham
south wall of the nave
  St Matthew and St Mark    from    The Four Evangelists St Matthew and St Mark
from The Four Evangelists

firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson
1909
Christ Church, Govilon, Monmouthshire
  Te Deum Te Deum
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1925
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
east wall of the chancel
  St Helena St Helena
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1925
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
south wall of the sanctuary
  The Annunciation The Annunciation
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1926
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
east wall of the Lady Chapel
  The Instruction of the Virgin Mary The Instruction of the Virgin Mary
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1926
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
south wall of the south aisle (Lady Chapel)
  St Catherine St Catherine
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1926
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
south wall of the sanctuary
  The Expulsion of Eve from Eden The Expulsion of Eve from Eden
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1926
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
south wall of the south aisle (Lady Chapel)
  The Adoration of the Virgin and Child by the Magi The Adoration of the Virgin and Child by the Magi
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1929
Church of St Mary, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the south aisle (window number: sII)
  Christ in Majesty with Scenes from the Gospels Christ in Majesty with Scenes from the Gospels
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios
1936
Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach, Swansea
south wall (window number: sIII)


Further reading

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), pp. 91, 112.



References

Alfred L. Wilkinson, 'Edward Frampton, 1850ā€“1929, Master Glass-Painter' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xi, no. 2 (1952ā€“3), p. 71.





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