Who was Richard Norman Shaw ? (1831-1912)

Born in Edinburgh, Richard Norman Shaw moved to London in 1849 and started to work in the architectural office of William Burn where he met William Eden Nesfield. By 1856 he had joined the office of Anthony Salvin alongside Nesfield once again, Then by 1856 he had succeeded Philip Webb as the principal assistant to George Edmund Street. 

In 1862 he set up his own architectural practice, initially sharing an office with Nesfield they pioneered the aesthetic style. Ultimately Shaw's style changed and he founded the Queen Anne revival. His pupils and assistants included W. R Lethaby, J. M. Brydon, Sidney Barnsley and Robert Weir Schultz who formed the nucleus of the Art Worker's guild in the 1880's.

Decorative arts by Shaw are extremely rare, his practice was mainly architectural and he only occasional supplied the furniture designs to accompany his buildings; he did not supply designs commercially to maker's and retailers. 

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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