bristol guild of applied art industry retailing founded 1908 headquarters bristol england area served west country key people ken stradling chairman mike cannings managing director products arts and crafts movement website bristolguild.co.uk the bristol guild of applied art more commonly referred to within bristol as simply the guild is a privately held department store on bristol s park street in the uk . founded in 1908 the guild was inspired by the philosophy of william morris and originally offered a place for artists and craftsmen to come together learn from each other and sell their wares . today it still showcases artists both local and foreign while also operating as a more conventional small department store . contents 1 history 2 modern times 3 further reading 4 notes 5 references history edit the guild was founded in 1908 as a guild in the true sense a co operative for local craftsmen to organise work learn and sell their handiwork . it was built on the principles behind william morris s arts and crafts movement and lasted in that form until 1918 when the enterprise folded . it was bought out by three local businessmen and turned into a fully commercial venture importing glass from sweden and crystal and pottery from elsewhere in the united kingdom . 1 park street has been the home of the guild since its founding with the modern day premises located at 68 70 park street . since the 1940s the guild has survived the bristol blitz bombings in world war ii and a provisional ira attack in 1974 . 1 2 modern times edit since its inception the guild has offered exhibitions of particular artists and craftspeople both established names and newcomers including gillian lowndes and dan arbeit 1 at its second floor public gallery . 3 while he was a student at bristol university the guild was a source of fascination and inspiration for the writer john metcalf . 4 in 2008 an extensive programme of refurbishment department by department with a major overhaul of the layout and caf began . 1 further reading edit coordinates 51 27 19 n 2 36 11 w 51.455218 n 2.603037 w 51.455218 ; 2.603037 bristol guild of applied art shown within bristol stradling ken 2004 . the guild history book . redcliffe publishing . notes edit a b c d the art of the matter . bristol evening post . august 15 2008 . mcgladdery p. 99 . marta lombard at the guild gallery . bbc . metcalf p. 175 . references edit mcgladdery gary 2006 . the provisional ira in england the bombing campaign 1973 1997 . irish academic press . isbn 978 0 7165 3373 3 . metcalf john 2003 . an aesthetic underground a literary memoir . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bristol guild of applied art & oldid 491905732 categories companies based in bristoldepartment stores of the united kingdomhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2012 at 00 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view