A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios (1890s–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.

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, 1850–1929, Master Glass-Painter' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xi, no. 2 (1952–3), p. 71.

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	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 firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson 1909 Christ Church, Govilon, Monmouthshire
	Te Deum firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios 1925 Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea east wall of the chancel
	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 firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios 1926 Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea south wall of the south aisle (Lady Chapel)
	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 firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios 1929 Church of St Mary, Brecon, Powys east wall of the south aisle
	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
	Scenes and Figures from the Bible firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios 1937 Church of St David, Merthyr Tydfil east wall of the chancel
	Te Deum Laudamus firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios designer: Gerald Edward Roberts Smith 1954 Church of St James, Uplands, Swansea east wall of chancel

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