Margaret Dorothy Nicholson [also known as Dorothy Nicholson, and as Margaret Nicholson] was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on 27 February 1886 and was the daughter of William Nicholson, a journalist. She studied at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. A photograph of a lace cover in Carrickmacross lace designed by her whilst a student at the DMS School of Art is illustrated in Arts & Crafts. A Review of the Work executed by Students in the leading Art Schools of Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by Charles Holme (London: The Studio Ltd., 1916 p. 194) She subsequently returned to England where she initially worked as an embroiderer. Examples of her work in this field were shown in the 10th exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society at the Grosvenor Gallery in London in 1912.
Her address was given as 2, Derby Villas, Forest Hill, London in 1911 and 1937; 4 Derby Hill, London in 1939 and 1940; and 91A High Street, Wimbledon, London in 1949 and 1965 [1]. She died in 1972.
Examples of her work are in the permanent collections of the London Transport Museum. the Ulster Museum in Belfast, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
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[1] Address given in the England Census 1911 and, from 1920 to 1965, in the catalogues of the Summer exhibitions of the Royal Academy. The catalogues of the New English Art Club annual exhibitions give her address as 2 Derby Hill, Forest Hill, London from 1920 to 1968.
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
