Join Max Donnelly and Fergus Sutherland to learn more about two important people connected to Cottiers. Max will discuss Daniel Cottier and his artistic output. Max is Curator of Nineteenth-Century Furniture at the V&A. He has contributed to two V&A publications: C.F.A. Voysey: Arts and Crafts Designer (2016) and The Story of Scottish Design (2018). Max writes for journals including The Burlington Magazine and has lectured in the UK, Europe, North America and China.
Fergus will talk about the architect of the building William Leiper. Fergus is a well known face on the Scottish heritage scene. He has presented the People’s History Show and works as a Heritage Consultant. The talk will be held inside Cottiers Theatre.
Daniel Cottier ran a successful business which decorated and furnished interiors, made stained glass and furniture, and painted ceramics, operating from branches in London, New York, Sydney and Melbourne. This talk will discuss some of the designers, artists, artisans and suppliers who worked with or for Cottier, the latter including James Powell & Sons (glass), Minton & Co. (ceramics) and John Broadwood & Sons (pianos). It will show how artists such as Henry Stacy Marks and John Moyr contributed to Cottier’s development of a ‘house style’ and how the designers Andrew Wells and Frederick Vincent Hart extended its influence in Australia and the USA, where Cottier & Co. continued to flourish long afterits founder’s death.
William Leiper was one of Victorian Glasgow’s most outstanding architects during the city’s heyday when it was one of the leading centres of design in the world. Most famous for Templeton’s carpet factory, he made an immediate impact in 1866 with his first major project, the flamboyant Dowanhill United Presbyterian Church. He designed seven churches in total, and we are incredibly fortunate to have his other ecclesiastical masterpiece, Hyndland Parish Church, only a short walk away up the hill. We’ll discuss both of these nationally important buildings and where they fit into both Leiper’s stellar career and the architectural cornucopia of our very own West End.