Ernest Batchelder's ceramic tilemaking enterprise began as a modest backyard venture in rural Pasadena, California but quickly grew to national prominence. In 1908 this enterprising young man left a prestigious teaching position to start his own school and factory, with the goal of establishing a West Coast guild of craftspeople. By 1930 the Batchelder-Wilson Company had showrooms in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, as well as representation in virtually every major city in the United States. New York, Minneapolis, and Vancouver hosted major Batchelder architectural ceramic installations.
Batchelder remained the preeminent leader of handmade tiles in the West until the Depression forced the closure of his operations in 1932. His clients ranged from restaurants to churches to high rise office buildings, although perhaps the most striking installations remain the many fireplaces gracing modest American bungalows throughout the country.
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"The importance of Ernest Batchelder as an Arts and Crafts tilemaker cannot be overstated. For his innovation in design, his entrepreneurial spirit, his living his life true to the principles that he espoused, he is a man to be admired by all generations." (Joseph A. Taylor, Tile Heritage Foundation)
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Eartly-20th-century Arts and Crafts tiles produeced by Ernest Batchelder are examined in Batchelder Tilemaker. Many are still seen today on fireplace surrounds in modest bungalows across the contury. -- Elle Decor
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Robert W. Winter is a professor at Occidental College as well as the author of numerous books, including Toward a Simpler Way of Life: Arts and Crafts Architects of California, American Bungalow Style, and the seminal Guides to Architecture in Los Angeles
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A paperback version would have been better...,
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This review is from: Batchelder Tilemaker (Hardcover)
While specific to the works of Batchelder, the photo supplements leave much to be desired - they are too general (a photo of a tiled room is nice, but a few more detail photos would have been most welcome!) and there are simply not enough of them (especially when compared to works referred in text). Overall, I found the book too big (and expensive) for the content delivered.
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Batchelder Tilemaker,
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Not the greatest tile reference, the detail in the photos is poor and hard to see. Most of the historical reference in this book is accurate, but poorly written. I would not purchase this book early in a library building journey, save it for when you have excess money to spend and are just trying to fill and round out your collection.
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Outstanding biography of a unique 20th Century entrepreneur.,
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Ernest Batchelder's ceramic enterprize grew from a home-based business to a nation-wide enterprize: Batchelder Tilemaker follows his life and works, starting with his 1908 venture into entrepreneurship and his establishment of the 1930s Batchelder-Wilson company showrooms. An outstanding, revealing title surveys his life and artistic achievements.
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Through his writings on design and his prolific production of decorative ceramic tiles from 1910 to 1932, Ernest Batchelder was recognized in his own time as a major contributor to the American Arts and Crafts movement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New York, Artesian Street, Southern California, William Morris, Alan Batchelder, Art Deco, New England, United States, Colorado Boulevard, Dutch Chocolate Shop, Marine Building, The Inland Printer, Throop Polytechnic Institute New!
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Through his writings on design and his prolific production of decorative ceramic tiles from 1910 to 1932, Ernest Batchelder was recognized in his own time as a major contributor to the American Arts and Crafts movement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New York, Artesian Street, Southern California, William Morris, Alan Batchelder, Art Deco, New England, United States, Colorado Boulevard, Dutch Chocolate Shop, Marine Building, The Inland Printer, Throop Polytechnic Institute New!
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- William Morris by Elbert Hubbard on page 25
- Grant Wood: An American Master Revealed by James M. Dennis in Back Matter
- The Good Life by Nigel Taylor in Back Matter
- Art for Life: Authentic Instruction in Art by Tom Anderson in Back Matter
- Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy: Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England, A Leading Non-Conformist who Settled the Town of New Hampton, New ... Batcheller of Essex County, Massachusetts by Frederick Clifton Pierce in Back Matter
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