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Bruce James Talbert (1838 – 28 January 1881) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and author, best known for his furniture designs. He moved to London in 1866 to design furniture for Holland & Sons. The following year his Reformed Gothic furniture won a silver medal at the 1867 Paris Exhibition.〔("Talbert, Bruce J(ames)," ''The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, Volume 2.'' )〕 In 1868 he was a designer for Gillows of Lancaster and London. Talbert also designed metalwork, tiles, stained glass, textiles, and wallpaper. Talbert died at age 43 of alcoholism. In the United States, he influenced the Modern Gothic work of Kimbel and Cabus, Frank Furness, and Daniel Pabst.〔David Hanks, "Reform in Philadelphia: Frank Furness, Daniel Pabst, and 'Modern Gothic' Furniture," ''Art News'', vol. 74, no. 8 (October 1975).〕〔(Cabinet, attributed to Daniel Pabst ) from Metropolitan Museum of Art.〕 ==Early years== He studied at the High School of Dundee, then under a Dundee woodcarver named Millar. In Glasgow, he was apprenticed to architect Charles Edward (ca. 1855-57), worked as an assistant to architect William Nairne Tait (1857–60), and as a draftsman for architect Campbell Douglas (1860–62). He moved to Manchester in 1862 to design furniture for Doveston, Bird & Hull; but later that year was hired by Francis Skidmore at Art Manufactures in Coventry.〔("Bruce James Talbert," ''Dictionary of Scottish Architects''. )〕 At Art Manufactures he did drafting work on Sir George Gilbert Scott's Hereford Screen (1862), and on Scott's Albert Memorial (designed 1863, completed 1872). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce James Talbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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