Murray Adams-Acton Explained

Gladstone Murray Adams-Acton (known as Murray Adams-Acton) (1886–1971) was an English historian of art and architecture and interior designer of considerable flamboyance.^{[1] [2]}

Adams-Acton was the son of the sculptor John Adams-Acton and his wife Marion (née Hamilton), better known as the writer Jeanie Hering.^[3]

He designed the dining room to Shirenewton Hall in 1910 and the interiors of a men's outfitter's shop, Swan & Edgar's in Piccadilly, renovating it before it reopened in 1927.^[4] Book Review Digest described him in 1930 as a "charming draftsman".^[5] He was also adept as a furniture designer and inventor, and made numerous items including a toaster.^[6] As an expert, he also authored numerous publications on design, such as Domestic Architecture and Old Furniture and The Genesis and Development of Linenfold Panelling (1945).^{[7] [8]} He also produced work about ecclesiastical architecture in France.^[9] Adams-Acton was also a keen gardener, noted in particular for his rhododendron cultivation in the 1940s.^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ADAMS-ACTON. Richardford Manuscripts. 12 July 2012.
2. Web site: Frank Surgey - a short history 1890-1974. Lifechart. 12 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105047/http://www.lifechart.co.uk/product.php?pid=57&cat=2. 4 March 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland: John Adams-Acton. 3 May 2021.
4. Book: The Studio year-book of decorative art. 12 July 2012. 1911. The Studio..
5. Book: H.W. Wilson Company. Book review digest. 12 July 2012. 1930. H.W. Wilson Co..
6. Book: Frederic Gordon Roe. English cottage furniture. 12 July 2012. 1961. Phoenix House.
7. Book: Old furniture: a magazine of domestic ornament. 12 July 2012. 1929. Old Furniture.
8. Book: Harris, John. Moving Rooms. 12 July 2012. 28 September 2007. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-12420-0. 276.
9. Book: Glover. R. Sydney. Sutton. Denys. Apollo. 12 July 2012. 1976. Apollo.
10. Book: Gardeners' chronicle, horticultural trade journal. 12 July 2012. 1 January 1944. Haymarket Publishing. 202.
11. Book: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). The Rhododendron and camellia year book. 12 July 2012. 1971. Royal Horticultural Society. 73.