Victoria and Albert Museum: Archive of Art and Design

Sidney William Hamlyn, lighting designer: papers , 1876 - 1966


Introduction and summary description

Creator:Sidney William Hamlyn
Reference: AAD/1996/10
Extent: 184 files

Context

Sidney William Hamlyn (1883-1973) applied to train as an architect at the Regent's Park Polytechnic, London, but was unsuccessful. In 1900 he started working for the company Faraday and Sons, a lighting manufacturer and retailer in London. In 1909 he became the chief designer for Best and Lloyd, lighting and metalwork manufacturer and retailer, based in Birmingham. In 1913 he set up his own business in London, called Kerswell, Faulkner and Hamlyn Ltd, which during the First World War manufactured turnbuckles for aeroplanes. The company was not successful and was disbanded in 1919. Hamlyn then went into business with Louis Dernier and Co., lamp and lampshade manufacturers, to form Louis Dernier and Hamlyn Ltd.

Louis Dernier and Hamlyn Ltd designed and patented lighting products in the 1920s which included the Litlux bed lamp and the Neolux lighting range. The Neolux range was developed further during the 1930s and an extensive advertising campaign was undertaken. In November 1931 the company's name was changed to Dernier and Hamlyn Ltd. It exhibited at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition during the 1920s and 1930s. Lighting fittings were sold to retailers such as Heal & Son Ltd, Hyders Ltd, Lyons Ltd, Maple and Co. and Rashleigh Phipps and Co. Major commissions included the design of the lighting for London cinemas and theatres, including the Cambridge Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London. Sidney William Hamlyn also designed the lighting for the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells and University College Library, the Victoria Hotel, Northumberland Avenue, and the Wellcome Research Institute in London.

Sidney William Hamlyn married twice and had two sons, Leslie and Sydney William and a daughter, Muriel. Both sons worked for some time in the company, as did his second wife, Louise, née Harrison.

Scope and content

Catalogues for antiques, auctions and exhibitions (1876 - 1950); life studies (ca.1890); sketchbooks (ca. 1900 - ca. 1905); catalogues for light fittings (1901 - 1966); correspondence (1905 - 1949); stock books (ca. 1906); design albums (ca. 1910); presentation designs (ca. 1910 - ca. 1930); files of designs and sketches (ca. 1910 - 1954); order books (1915 - 1954); pattern and stock books (1919 - 1920); printed ephemera including advertisements, leaflets and press cuttings (ca. 1920s - 1930s); albums containing press cuttings (1921 - 1930); articles and notes for lectures (ca. 1930s); certificates (1934 - 1947); papers for annual general meetings of Dernier and Hamlyn Ltd (1943 - 1953); artwork for advertisements (undated); blueprints (undated); catalogues of lighting manufacturers (undated); cutting patterns (undated); designs (undated); photographs (undated); reference material including photographs and press cuttings (undated); rough designs (undated); samples of stationery (undated); sketches (undated); working designs (undated).

Provenance

Gift of Robin Hamlyn, 1996.

Access

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Catalogues and indexes

This online catalogue is a complete description of the archive to file level. A summary description is also included on the National Art Library computer catalogue, and in the published Guide to the Archive of Art and Design.


Detailed catalogue

Corporate and financial records, 1943-1953
Extent: 1 series
Scope and content:
One series only is included under this heading:
Annual General Meeting Papers: Dernier and Hamlyn, 1943-1953

Annual General Meeting papers: Dernier and Hamlyn, 1943-1953
Extent: 1 file
Scope and content:
This was Hamlyn's file as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The papers are arranged by year and include draft and final versions of directors' reports, notices of AGM's, papers concerning directors' meetings and relief from purchase tax, and further financial papers.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/1AGM notices, reports and rough trading accounts
26 items
1943-1953


Operation records, [19--]
Extent: 5 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group consists of the following series:
Order books, 1915-1954
Stock books, [190-]
Pattern/stock books, [19--]
Loose papers, 1919-1920
Correspondence, 1905-[ca. 1949]

Order books, 1915-1954
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/2Order book: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume (12 inserts)
First used for business of Kerswell, Faulkner and Hamlyn. Includes some rough sketches. Inserts include correspondence with the Ministry of Munitions of War concerning contract with Kerswell, Faulkner and Hamlyn for supply of turnbuckles, including return of employee details, 1917-1918.
1915 Mar-1924 Feb
AAD/1996/10/4Order book: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume (17 inserts)
Includes sketches, jottings and notes on exhibitions, some later. Inserts include caricatures, bookplate design and 1954 letter concerning launch of HMS Calton.
1926-1954 (bulk 1926 Jan-1935 Aug)

Stock books, [ca. 1906]
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/3Stock book: Faraday and Sons
1 volume (3 inserts)
Photographs of light fittings with costs and some measurements. Also includes some cash and ledger account entries 1906-1907 and some rough sketches.
[ca. 1906]

Pattern/stock books, [19--]
Extent: 4 files
Scope and content:
These contain photographs of light fittings and other objects, most with reference numbers and some with prices. Some items are photographs of V&A objects. These may have been used for reproductions or as a basis for designs.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/138Pattern/stock book: Dernier and Hamlyn?
12 items
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/139Pattern/stock book: Dernier and Hamlyn?
41 items
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/140Pattern/stock book: Dernier and Hamlyn?
40 items
Some photographs labelled `Falks' and `Leman'. AAD/1996/10/141, p.5 was found inside front cover. Original binder labelled `Electroliers'.
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/141Insert in pattern/stock book: photographs and other material
23 items
Includes photographs of installation of light in theatre (unidentified), light fittings in Cambridge Theatre (identified by envelope - see AAD/1996/10/142, p.8), photographs of Faraday lighting collection (see also AAD/1996/10/180, p.5), and sketches (for lecture illustrations?) drawing on Faraday material. Contained in AAD/1996/10/140, p.5.
[19--]

Loose papers, 1919-1920
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/178Loose papers concerning production costs, orders and other matters
4 items
Includes orders for Victoria Hotel (see AAD/1996/10/40, p.18), Maple and Co. and J.C. Vickery.
1919-1920

Correspondence, 1905-[ca. 1949]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/180Correspondence concerning purchase by Dernier and Hamlyn from Osler and Faraday Ltd. of lamp collection, with photographs
9 items
Lamps identified on backs of photographs. See also AAD/1996/10/141, p.5.
1905
AAD/1996/10/11Shade cards of British Paints, with related letter, and of Williams Hounslow's Alcovar dyes range, with loose sketches and note
6 items
[ca. 1949]


Design records, [19--]
Extent: 10 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group is divided into the following series:
Sketch books, [190-?]-[195-?]
Presentation designs, [191-?]-[193-?]
Working designs, [19--]
Blueprints, [19--]
Cutting patterns, [19--]
Designs, [19--]
Rough designs, [19--]
Sketches, [19--]
Design/sketch files, [191-?]-1954
Design albums, [190-]
Note:
It is possible that some material from the Dernier and Hamlyn period might be by designers other than Hamlyn, such as by his sons or second wife, Louis.

Sketch books, [190-?]-[195-?]
Extent: 7 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/8Sketch book
1 volume (2 inserts)
Inserts include preparatory notes for talk on history of lighting.
[190-?]
AAD/1996/10/5Sketch book
1 volume
Mostly of lampshades. Includes caricatures of Faraday staff.
[190-?]
AAD/1996/10/7Sketch book
1 volume
Includes design and some landscape sketches, and jottings.
[191-]
AAD/1996/10/6Sketch book
1 volume
Includes jottings, list of tool and machine makers, and draft letters, some concerning setting-up of Kerswell, Faulkner and Hamlyn.
[ca. 1913]
AAD/1996/10/175Sketch book
1 volume (2 inserts)
[195-?]
AAD/1996/10/10Sketch book
1 volume (1 insert)
[ca. 1951]
AAD/1996/10/9Sketch book: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Includes references to individual fittings and Cambridge Theatre order (see AAD/1996/10/142, p.8 for designs).
1956-1958

Presentation designs, [191-?]-[193-?]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/143Presentation designs
7 items
[191-?]
AAD/1996/10/142Presentation designs
3 items
For the Cambridge Theatre. See also AAD/1996/10/141, p.5, AAD/1996/10/148, p.9 and AAD/1996/10/9, p.7.
[193-?]

Working designs, [19--]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/144Working designs
13 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/145Working designs: tracing paper
7 items
[19--]

Blueprints, [19--]
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/146Blueprint
1 item
[19--]

Cutting patterns, [19--]
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/147Cutting patterns
6 items
[19--]

Designs, [19--]
Extent: 5 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/148Light fitting designs
41 items
Includes designs for Cambridge Theatre (see AAD/1996/10/142, p.8).
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/149Light fitting designs: tracing paper
29 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/150Lamp shade designs
26 items
Includes pattern for Ingmanthorpe Hall nursery lampshade (see AAD/1996/10/26, p.18) and landscape scene.
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/151Lamp shade designs: tracing paper
3 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/161Other designs
4 items
Includes pattern design and drawing of chalice.
[190-?]

Rough designs, [19--]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/152Rough designs
17 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/153Rough designs: tracing paper
12 items
Including 3 in envelope labelled `Antique wood stds, Mines'.
[19--]

Sketches, [19--]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/154Sketches
119 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/155Sketches: tracing paper
9 items
[19--]

Design/sketch files, [191-?]-1954
Extent: 3 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/157Sketches and designs for lamps in oriental style and with animal figurines
ca. 110 items
[191-?]
AAD/1996/10/179Designs on tracing paper with attached letter concerning products of Messrs A. Strobino, Prate, and other papers
20 items
1947
AAD/1996/10/156Neolux rough ideas
27 items
1954

Design albums, [190-]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/162Album
1 volume
[190-]
AAD/1996/10/163Loose album pages
47 items
[190-]


Marketing and public relations records, [19--]
Extent: 7 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group is arranged into the following series:
Catalogues, 1901-1966
Cuttings albums, 1921-1930
Leaflets, press cuttings and other advertising material, [not before 1920]
Material for lectures and articles, [not before 1929]
Photographs, [19--]
Artwork for advertising material, [19--]
Stationery, [19--]

Catalogues, 1901-1966
Extent: 24 files
Note: See also AAD/1996/10/12, p.15.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/44Electric light fittings by Faraday and Sons
1 volume (1 insert)
1901
AAD/1996/10/45Silk lamp shades: Louis Dernier and Co.
1 volume
Includes silk sample cards. `Miss Hamyln' [sic] written on fly leaf.
1915
AAD/1996/10/46Silks for lamp shades: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn sample book
1 volume
[192-?]
AAD/1996/10/67Decorative light fittings: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Includes photographs of studio showroom and workshops. The `Shades Lamps and Fittings' catalogue in AAD/1996/10/12, p.15 includes similar material. The photograph of the studio (p.v) shows in the foreground Hamlyn's son Leslie and his second wife, Louis, née Harrison.
[ca.1920]
AAD/1996/10/47To be read in bed: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn Litlux
1 volume
[192-?]
AAD/1996/10/48Litlux, the non-glare bed light: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 item
[192-?]
AAD/1996/10/49A little light reading: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn Litlux
1 volume
[192-?]
AAD/1996/10/50A new range of Dernian lamp shades: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[ca. 1936]
AAD/1996/10/51A new range of Dernian lamp shades: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Stamped with dated price increase.
1936
AAD/1996/10/52Dernian lamp-shades: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/58Neolux, Lighting in the modern manner: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Sketches on back cover. Stamped with price increase.
[ca. 1929]
AAD/1996/10/57Neolux M-V patterns - lighting in the modern manner: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 item
With annotations.
1929 June
AAD/1996/10/59Neolux: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/56Modern lighting: Dernier and Hamlyn Neolux
1 volume
[193-]
AAD/1996/10/60Neolux, the all light series, new designs, new finishes: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[193-]
AAD/1996/10/62Neolux: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[193-]
AAD/1996/10/63Neolux: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Stamped with price increase.
[193-]
AAD/1996/10/61Neolux: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
With annotations and stamped with dated price increase.
1936
AAD/1996/10/64A new range of Neolux tubular fittings: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
Stamped with dated price increase.
1936
AAD/1996/10/53A new range of facet fittings: Dernier and Hamlyn Neolux
1 volume
Stamped with price increase.
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/54A new idea in lighting - Neolux facet fittings: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/55Fascinating facet fittings - Neolux facet lights: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
With annotations.
[193-]
AAD/1996/10/65A new range of Neolux tubular fittings: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 volume
[ca. 1936]
AAD/1996/10/66Dernier and Hamlyn Ltd. lighting fittings
1 volume (5 inserts)
Inserts include price list and introduction cards.
1966 July

Cuttings albums: Louis Dernier and Hamlyn, 1921-1930
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/12Cuttings album
1 volume
Includes trade cards, `Shades, lamps and fittings' catalogue, article by Hamlyn on lamp shades, press cuttings, and advertising material. Contains some material from related businesses. AAD/1996/10/13, p. 15 was found in this volume.
1921-1930

Leaflets, press cuttings and other advertising material, [not before 1920]
Extent: 7 files
Includes press cuttings and advertising material for Louis Dernier and Hamlyn and for Dernier and Hamlyn, much of which is for Litlux and Neolux fittings. Also material for other related businesses.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/14Leaflets
13 items
[not before 1920]
AAD/1996/10/13Leaflets and press cuttings
56 items
Found inside AAD/1996/10/12, p. 15.
[not before 1920]
AAD/1996/10/15Leaflets, press cuttings and other advertising material
33 items
Some sketches on items.
[not before 1920]
AAD/1996/10/16The Times
2 items
Special issue for the International Exhibition of Persian Art, Royal Academy.
1931 Jan. 5
AAD/1996/10/17The Times
1 item
An account of a lecture given by Hamlyn on p.10. See AAD/1996/10/20, p.16.
1931 Jan 9
AAD/1996/10/18The Field
1 volume
Includes article by Hamlyn on glass and lighting, p. 464. See also AAD/1996/10/24, p.17.
1932 Mar 26
AAD/1996/10/112The Electric Age
1 volume
With article by S.W. Hamlyn junior (Hamlyn's son, Sydney William) entitled `Decorate with light'.
1937 Jan

Material for lectures and articles, [not before 1929]
Extent: 6 files
See also AAD/1996/10/8 (insert), p.7, and AAD/1996/10/141 (insert), p.5.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/19Typescript for lecture on Neolux
1 item
Lecture delivered to salesmen at an exhibition.
[not before 1929]
AAD/1996/10/21Draft typescript of illustrated lecture entitled `Artificial lighting and its relation to interior decoration', with list of illustrations
2 items
[1931]
AAD/1996/10/20Typescript of illustrated lecture entitled `Artificial lighting and its relation to interior decoration', with annotated list of illustrations and published version of text
3 items
This lecture was delivered to the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators. See AAD/1996/10/17, p.15.
[1931]
AAD/1996/10/22Illustrations for lecture entitled `Artificial lighting and its relation to interior decoration'
39 items
Contains sketches, drawings and mounted photographs and cuttings including of modern and historic light fittings, with annotations.
[1931]
AAD/1996/10/23List of illustrations for `Modern lighting design' (lecture?) and historical notes
2 items
[ca. 1935]
AAD/1996/10/24Glass in decorative lighting: typescript
1 item
See also AAD/1996/10/18, p.16.
[ca. 1932]

Photographs, [19--]
Extent: 19 files
These all show light fittings. They are all original photographs unless otherwise stated.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/28St John's Club, Malta, with supplied lighting
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/30Auditorium of Blacks Theatre
1 item
Identified by note on envelope.
[19--]
AAD/196/10/31Passage in Regal Cinema, South Shields
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/32Light fitting in Regal Theatre, South Shields
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/33Hallway (unidentified)
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/38Interior (unidentified)
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/39Hall (unidentified) with tables for banquet
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/40Banquet room, Victoria Hotel, Northumberland Avenue, with guests seated
1 item
Hamlyn designed the lighting: see AAD/1996/10/178, p.5.
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/29Showroom (unidentified)
1 item
Shows model M185 as featured in Louis Dernier and Hamlyn `Shades Lamps and Fittings' catalogue, p.11, in AAD/1996/10/12, p.15.
[ca. 1920]
AAD/1996/10/25Newman Street showroom (reproduction): Louis Dernier and Hamlyn
1 item
[ca. 1920]
AAD/1996/10/41Dernier and Hamlyn stand at Ideal Home Exhibition, showing Neolux and Litlux light fittings
1 item
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/42Dernier and Hamlyn stand at Ideal Home Exhibition, showing Neolux and Litlux light fittings
1 item
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/26Yorkshire Mansion with Dernier and Hamlyn lighting: Ingmanthorpe Hall, Wetherby
15 items
Shows exterior and interior. See also AAD/1996/10/150, p.9.
[not before 1931]
AAD/1996/10/27Dernier and Hamlyn stand at exhibition
1 item
Shows Litlux range.
[not before 1931]
AAD/1996/10/37Room in British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy
1 item
See AAD/1996/10/140, p.5 and AAD/1996/10/95, p.29.
[1935]
AAD/1996/10/34Light fitting in room in British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy
1 item
[1935]
AAD/1996/10/35Light fitting in room in British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy
1 item
[1935]
AAD/1996/10/36Light fitting in room in British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy
1 item
[1935]
AAD/1996/10/43Rubber Exchange in Plantation House (reproduction)
1 item
1936 Feb 8

Artwork for advertising material, [19--]
Extent: 3 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/158Huntalite candle
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/159Pelham House, Sussex
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/160Dernier and Hamlyn Neolux
1 item
[193-]

Stationery, [19--]
Extent: 2 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/181Best and Lloyd Christmas card
1 item
1910
AAD/1996/10/182Dernier and Hamlyn business card and postcard
2 items
[not before 1931]


Staff and employment records, [19--]
Extent: 2 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group contains the following series: Photographs, [1900--].
See also AAD/1996/10/2 (insert), p.4.

Photographs, [19--]
Extent: 4 files
See also AAD/1996/10/67, p.12.
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/135Staff outing: Dernier and Hamlyn?
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/137Bertie Kerswell, business partner
1 item
[191-]
AAD/1996/10/134Best and Lloyd staff/family
1 item
Hamlyn is in the centre front, seated.
1912
AAD/1996/10/136Staff outing: Dernier and Hamlyn
1 item
Hamlyn's son Leslie is third from the left in the second row from the front.
[193-?]


Personal papers, [189-?]-1966
Extent: 2 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group is arranged into the following series:
Personal artwork, [189-?]
Miscellaneous, [19--]

Personal artwork, [189-?]
Extent: 1 file
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/184Personal artwork
17 items
Includes life drawing studies.
[189-?]

Miscellaneous, [19--]
Extent: 4 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/177Watercolour
1 folder (7 inserts)
Possibly by daughter, Muriel. Inserts include designs on tracing paper and pages from `The Electrical Review' 24 October 1930 on continental lighting designs.
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/132Certificate of fellowship of Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
1 item
1934
AAD/1996/10/133Certificate of service in the Wardens' service of the Civil Defence General Services in the County of Middlesex
2 items
Enclosed with AAD/1996/10/132, p.24. Hamlyn's address given as 48 Southwood Lane.
1940-1945, 1947
AAD/1996/10/176Dress expenses book, belonging to second wife
1 volume (2 inserts)
1947-1958


Other records, 1876-[19--]
Extent: 5 series
Scope and content:
This sub-group is divided into the following series:
Catalogues: lighting manufacturers, [19--]
Catalogues: exhibition, auction and antiques, 1876-[19--]
Reference material: books, [19--]
Reference material: periodicals, 1932-1952
Reference material: photographs, cuttings and prints, [19--]

Catalogues: lighting manufacturers, [19--]
Extent: 25 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/69Best and Lloyd, Alabaster as applied to electric lighting, catalogue no. 91
1 volume
Text in English, French, German and Spanish.
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/86Rashleigh Phipps and Co., London, Electrical light and other household fittings
1 volume
[190-?]
AAD/1996/10/92Falk Stadelmann and Co., London, Fashion in fittings for illumination
1 item
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/80Majestic Metal Spinning and Stamping Co., New York, Distinctive lighting fixtures
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/81Mid-West Chandelier Co., North Kansas City, Distinctive lighting equipment
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/85Puritan Lighting Fixture Co., New York, Lighting fixtures
1 volume (1 insert)
Some items marked with crosses.
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/91Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik Geislingen-Steige, Stuttgart, lighting
1 volume
In German.
[193-?]
AAD/1996/10/70Burt Escaré and Perry and Co., London, electric light fittings manufacturers
1 volume (1 insert)
Includes photographs of showrooms in Wardour Street, London, showing antique and modern fittings. Firm incorporated Perry and Co., Escaré and Denelle, and Burt and Co.
[ca. 1931]
AAD/1996/10/88Troughton and Young, London, Modern decorative lighting
1 volume
1933
AAD/1996/10/76Halcolite Co., New York, Lighting equipment, catalogue P
1 volume
1934
AAD/1996/10/84Plume and Atwood Mfg. Co., Connecticut, Lighting equipment, catalogue no. 34E
1 volume (1 insert)
1934
AAD/1996/10/73The Frankelite Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Lighting equipment of charm, catalogue no. 34
1 volume (1 insert)
1934 May 1
AAD/1996/10/1/71Chase Brass and Copper Co., Connecticut, Chase lighting fixtures
1 volume (1 insert)
1934 July 1
AAD/1996/10/90Troughton and Young, London, Ultralux
1 volume (2 inserts)
Inserts are general Electric Company publicity for Osira florescent tubes 1941 and article by S. W. Hamlyn jun., as in AAD/1996/112, p.16.
ca. 1935
AAD/1996/10/74Hyders, Plaxtol and London, Wrought ironwork light fittings
1 volume (9 inserts)
Inserts date from 1954.
1935
AAD/1996/10/89Troughton and Young, London, Light fittings
1 volume
1935
AAD/1996/10/75Lighting Trades Ltd. and Welsbach Light Co. Ltd., London, Shades for electric lighting catalogue no. 358
1 volume
1935 Aug
AAD/1996/10/68Allom Brothers Ltd, London, Lighting
1 folder (10 items)
1937
AAD/1996/10/77Lyfa, Denmark, Light fittings, katalog nr. 1
1 volume (3 inserts)
Catalogue in Danish. Inserts consist of related letter dated 1950, price list and translation of Danish terms.
1946
AAD/1996/10/78Lyfa, Denmark, Light fittings, catalogue no. 2
1 volume (1 insert)
[not before 1949]
AAD/1996/10/79Lyfa, Denmark, Light fittings, catalogue no. 3
1 volume (1 insert)
[not before 1949]
AAD/1996/10/82New light fittings, London
1 volume
[195-?]
AAD/1996/10/187Skandinavian Lighting Ltd, Denmark and London, catalogue no. 166
1 volume (1 insert)
[195-?]
AAD/1996/10/72Falk Stadelmann and Co., London, Falks contemporary lighting fittings, catalogue no. 804
1 volume
[1956?]
AAD/1996/10/83Nordisk Solar Compagni, Denmark, Light fittings, with letter from Hebson, London, importers and agents
1 volume (1 insert)
Includes samples of shade materials.
1956

Catalogues: exhibition, auction and antiques, [19--]
Extent: 5 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/96Thomas Payne, London, auction catalogue of household furniture, fittings and goods
1 item
Annotated with prices. Found in AAD/1996/10/95, p.29.
1876
AAD/1996/10/93Lichfield and Co., London, 18th-century antiques
1 volume
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/94British Industries Fair, Birmingham, Shanks exhibit
1 volume (1 insert)
1932
AAD/1996/10/95British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy
1 volume (1 insert)
Includes fabric sample. Insert consists of leaflet entitled `Ways of living' produced by the Council of Industrial Design. AAD/1996/10/96, p.29 found in this volume. See AAD/1996/10/37, p.19.
1935
AAD/1996/10/97Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition
1 volume
1937

Reference material: books, [19--]
Extent: 30 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/98M.F. Hampton, Lampshade making and painting, Winsor and Newton Decorative Arts Booklet no. 7
1 volume
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/119Die-casting, the Machinery Publishing Co. Yellow Back Series no. 4
1 volume
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/102A. Roumy, Colours and proportions in our homes
1 volume
Published by Roumy and Co., London.
1907
AAD/1996/10/103Canning's Handbook on electro-plating, 4th edn
1 volume
Published by W. Canning and Co., Birmingham, manufacturers of machinery and materials.
1911
AAD/1996/10/117Lighting Service Bureau, Light as a sales force
1 volume
[192-?]
AAD/1996/10/99Lighting Service Bureau, Shop lighting designs, Electric Illumination Bulletin, Handbook no. 3
1 volume
The Lighting Service Bureau was set up by the Electric Lamp Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain in 1924.
[192-]
AAD/1996/10/100Lighting Service Bureau, Floodlighting, Electric Illumination Bulletin, Handbook no. 6A
1 volume
[1929?]
AAD/1996/10/101Lighting Service Bureau, Lighting for machine and assembly shops, Electric Illumination Bulletin, Handbook no. 7A
1 volume
[1929?]
AAD/1996/10/118Lighting Service Bureau, How to light the modern shop
1 volume
[193-?]
AAD/1006/10/104W.T. O'Dea, Electric illumination
1 volume
Published by H.M.S.O./Board of Education, Science Museum.
1937
AAD/1996/10/105F.H. Taylor, Private house electric lighting, Marshall's Practical Manuals no. 2
1 volume
Covers wiring and installation.
15th edn, 1939
AAD/1996/10/120C. Harold Ridge, F.S. Aldred, Stage lighting, principles and practice
1 volume
First published 1936.
1940
AAD/1996/10/121Demonstration houses, a short account of the demonstration houses and flats erected at Northolt by the Ministry of Works, H.M.S.O.
1 volume
1944
AAD/1996/10/122A.D.S. Atkinson, Fluorescent lighting
1 volume (1 insert)
Atkinson was an employee of the Lighting Service Bureau. Insert consists of papers of 1943 on fluorescent lamps, including drawing by Falk, Stadelmann and Co., London.
1944
AAD/1996/10/106Council for Art and Industry, Design and the designer in the light metal trades, a report of the Light Metals Committee
1 volume
Not published, but copies produced in limited numbers under authorisation of the Board of Trade. The report was completed in 1940 but by 1944 had not been considered by the Council, which had not met since the beginning of the war. Some annotations on light fitting section.
1944
AAD/1996/10/107Lighting Committee of the Building Research Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Post-War Buildings Studies no. 12
1 volume
1944
AAD/1996/10/123Lighting Service Bureau, School lighting by electricity
1 volume (1 insert)
[not before 1945]
AAD/1996/10/124Illuminating Engineering Society, New York, Recommended practice of home lighting
1 volume (1 insert)
1945 June
AAD/1996/10/108The Lighting Service Bureau, Interior lighting design, Electric Illumination Bulletin, Handbook no. 2
1 volume (1 insert)
1945
AAD/1996/10/183Council of Industrial Design, poster for `Britain can make it' exhibition
1 item
[1946]
AAD/1996/10/109Council of Industrial Design, Design quiz
1 volume
[1946?]
AAD/1996/10/125Council of Industrial Design/M. Shaw, Buying for your home, furnishing fabrics
1 volume
1946
AAD/1996/10/126J. Manwaring Baines, Bygones I, Rushlights and candles, 2nd edn
1 volume
Produced by Hastings Museum.
1947
AAD/1996/10/127Council of Industrial Design, Furnishing to fit the family
1 volume
1947
AAD/1996/10/110J. Hoag, Good design, good business, published for Scottish Committee of Council of Industrial Design
1 volume
1947
AAD/1996/10/128Council of Industrial Design, Ideas for your home
1 volume
1950
AAD/1996/10/129Your home lighting idea book
1 volume
Produced in USA.
[195-?]
AAD/1996/10/130Illuminating Engineering Society, New York, Contemporary lighting in modern and traditional interiors
1 volume
Signed on fly-leaf Myrtle Fahsbender.
[195-]
AAD/1996/10/131Lamp Journal: loose page
1 item
1953 Jan
AAD/1996/10/111R.D. Best, A short life and a gay one, a biography of Frank Best 1893-1917
2 volumes
Frank Best was the brother of the author and Best and Lloyd, the company for which Hamlyn worked 1909-1913, began as his family's firm. Frank Best also worked for the company during these years.
1967

Reference material: periodicals, 1932-1952
Extent: 4 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/113The Record, vol. 1, no 1
1 volume (1 insert)
Produced by the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators. Includes Dernier and Hamlyn advertisements.
June 1932
AAD/1996/10/114Industrial Design: special number of the Architectural Review, vol. 100, no. 598
1 volume
Reprinted for the Council of Industrial Design.
1946 Oct
AAD/1996/10/115Czechoslovak Glass Review, vol. 5, no. 1
1 volume (1 insert)
1950
AAD/1996/10/116Lighting Service, vol. 3, no. 1
1 volume
Issued by the Lighting Service Bureau.
1952

Reference material: photographs, cuttings and prints, [19--]
Extent: 11 files
ReferenceDescriptionDates
AAD/1996/10/164Album pages
81 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/165Photographs of light fittings and other objects
52 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/174Photograph of light fitting
1 item
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/166Prints of fireplaces of Alex Boyd and Son, London
6 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/167Pages from French volume with illustrations of light fittings
15 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/168Plates illustrating furniture
5 items
[19--]
AAD/1996/10/173Plate of light fittings
1 item
[190-?]
AAD/1996/10/171French candle brackets, with prices
1 item
[190-?]
AAD/1996/10/170Price list of Coupier et Cie., Art Bronze Manufacturers, Paris
1 item
1903
AAD/1996/10/169Pages and plates from `Encyclopédie du Luminaire'
6 items
1933
AAD/1996/10/172Prints of flower paintings
7 items
Probably used for lamp shade design.
[195-?]