MoDA Reading List – The Silver Studio

Background reading on the history of the Silver Studio, compiled by staff at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

Recommended Reading

[Chapter] Hendon, Z.(2021) Reclaiming heritage narratives: reweaving the story of a royal wedding dress Design and Heritage. Routledge (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003096146-16 Find it on MDX Library Search

[Article] Zoe, Hendon.(2018) Behind the Scenes at the Silver Studio: Rex Silver and the Hidden Mechanisms of Interwar Textile Design . Journal of Architecture and Culture, 6:1, 61-80 (https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1397963Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Turner, Mark (1980); Silver Studio Collection; Museum of London. The Silver Studio Collection. London. Lund Humphries for Middlesex Polytechnic Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Protheroe, Keren.(2011) Petal power : floral fashion and women designers at the Silver Studio 1910-1940       London. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University Find it on MDX Library Search

[Article] Zoe Hendon.(2012) The Silver Studio art reference collection. Journal of the Decorative Arts Society Find it on MDX Library Search

[Article] Zoe,Hendon.(2012) The Silvern series: photographs from the collections of the South Kensington Museum.  Find it on MDX Library Search

[Article] Hoskins, Lesley and Hendon, Zoe.(2008) Silver studio designated collection. Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University. (https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/3103). Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Parry, Linda.(2005) Textiles of the arts and crafts movement. London. Thames and Hudson.  Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Jackson, Lesley.(2011) 20th century pattern design : textile & wallpaper pioneers. London. Mitchell Beazley. Find it on MDX Library Search  

[Book] Hendon, Z. (2013) The Silver Studio & the art of Japan. Revised ed. London: Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Thesis] Mercedes,Giralt.(2015) The use of Photography in nineteenth century Fine and Decorative Arts : Photographic sources from the Silver Studio Collection. University of Sussex.