Who was John Moyr-Smith? (1839-1912)

John Moyr-Smith was trained as an architect in Glasgow, he initially worked in Dr Christopher Dresser's studio before 1868. he drew the plates for Collinson & Locks 1871 Sketches for Artistic Furniture catalogue. In addition to Collinson and Lock he supplied furniture designs to Cox & Sons who showed his work at the 1872 London Exhibition. He was a member of the Society of Decorative Art whose designs were made by Cox & Sons. He designed cards for M. Ward, plaques for W. B. Simpson, decorative schemes for J.G. Crace and tiles for Minton, who exhibited them at Paris Exhibition of 1878. In 1887 he published a history of interior decoration called Ornamental Interiors. 

Ref. Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, Nineteenth-Century Design, From Pugin to Mackintosh, Appendix of Architects, Designers and Manufacturers, pages 280-298, George Weidenfeld and Nicholson Ltd, 1993.

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