Lindsay Phillip Butterfield (1869–1948) was a British

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and

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designer. His work is in the permanent collection of the

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, London. According to the V&A, he was "one of the most successful freelance designers of patterns who worked in the Arts and Crafts style." In 1930, he was a founding member of the Society of Industrial Designers, now known as the

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. Butterfield trained at

Lambeth School of Art Founded in 1854 as the Lambeth School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School is a small specialist art college located in central London, England. Originally founded as a government art school, it is now an independent, not-for-profit ...

in 1887 to 1888, then briefly studied architecture under his cousin Philip Johnstone, before spending three years at the

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in South Kensington, London. His uncle was the London church architect

William Butterfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy. Biography William Butterfield was born in Lon ...

(1814-1900), and his godfather was John Belcher, also an architect. In 1922, he published ''Floral forms in historic design'' for B. T. Batsford Ltd.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Butterfield, Lindsay Phillip 1869 births 1948 deaths British textile designers Alumni of the Royal College of Art