The Pinwill sisters (consisting of Mary (1871–1962), Ethel (1872–1951) and Violet (1874–1957)) were British professional woodcarvers in Devon from 1890 onwards. Although in their era there were women who produced stained glass, sculpture, wood and metalwork for churches, those women were largely unacclaimed and regarded as amateurs. The profession of ecclesiastical wood carving was one entirely carried out by men. The sisters not only became skilled at the craft, but also set up a professional workshop business. Despite the challenges of two world wars, two fires and the departure of two of the sisters, the Pinwill workshop produced innovative ecclesiastical carvings in wood and stone for more than 60 years and for over 180 churches in Devon, and Cornwall and further afield, becoming one o
| Property |
Value |
| dbo:abstract |
The Pinwill sisters (consisting of Mary (1871–1962), Ethel (1872–1951) and Violet (1874–1957)) were British professional woodcarvers in Devon from 1890 onwards. Although in their era there were women who produced stained glass, sculpture, wood and metalwork for churches, those women were largely unacclaimed and regarded as amateurs. The profession of ecclesiastical wood carving was one entirely carried out by men. The sisters not only became skilled at the craft, but also set up a professional workshop business. Despite the challenges of two world wars, two fires and the departure of two of the sisters, the Pinwill workshop produced innovative ecclesiastical carvings in wood and stone for more than 60 years and for over 180 churches in Devon, and Cornwall and further afield, becoming one of the most successful wood carving businesses in the South-West of England. Their vast body of work, gradually adapting from the complex, intricate designs of the Gothic Revival through to the pared-down, plainer style of twentieth-century Modern, is recognised as being of great skill, flair and worth. (en) |
| dbo:thumbnail |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Pinwill-Family_c.1907.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink |
https://devonassoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DBG-Pinwill-Paper.pdf |
| dbo:wikiPageID |
71272654 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength |
14429 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
1109307449 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
dbc:Women_woodcarvers dbc:20th-century_English_businesswomen dbc:People_from_South_Hams_(district) dbc:Businesspeople_from_Devon dbc:Artists_from_Devon dbr:Goldsmiths_University_of_London dbr:Nativity_of_Jesus dbr:Church_of_St_Mary,_Chilthorne_Domer dbr:Church_of_St_Morwenna_and_St_John_the_Baptist,_Morwenstow dbr:Gothic_Revival_architecture dbr:Modern_architecture dbr:Lewtrenchard dbc:1870s_births dbc:20th-century_English_businesspeople dbc:20th-century_deaths dbc:19th-century_English_businesswomen dbr:Ermington,_Devon dbr:Anglo-Catholicism dbr:Church_of_St_Laurence,_Upminster dbr:Edmund_Harold_Sedding dbr:Wood_carving dbr:J._D._Sedding dbr:The_Blitz dbr:Ascension_of_Jesus dbc:19th-century_English_businesspeople dbc:English_woodcarvers dbr:Last_Supper dbr:Arts_and_Crafts_movement dbr:Plymouth dbr:Somerset dbr:South_West_England dbr:St_Carantoc's_Church,_Crantock dbr:Kingston_upon_Thames dbr:World_War_I dbr:World_War_II dbr:Reredos dbr:File:Ermington_walk.jpg dbr:File:Launceston_St_Mary_Magdalene_Pulp...ic_Rood_Screen_by_Pinwill_sisters.jpg dbr:File:Pinwill-Family_c.1907.jpg dbr:File:St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Ermington,_...t_by_the_Pinwill_sisters_in_1880s.jpg dbr:File:The_Rood_Screen,_St._Peter's_chur...Devon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2142334.jpg |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate |
dbt:Authority_control dbt:Circa dbt:Reflist dbt:Use_dmy_dates |
| dcterms:subject |
dbc:Women_woodcarvers dbc:20th-century_English_businesswomen dbc:People_from_South_Hams_(district) dbc:Businesspeople_from_Devon dbc:Artists_from_Devon dbc:1870s_births dbc:20th-century_English_businesspeople dbc:20th-century_deaths dbc:19th-century_English_businesswomen dbc:19th-century_English_businesspeople dbc:English_woodcarvers |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing |
| rdfs:comment |
The Pinwill sisters (consisting of Mary (1871–1962), Ethel (1872–1951) and Violet (1874–1957)) were British professional woodcarvers in Devon from 1890 onwards. Although in their era there were women who produced stained glass, sculpture, wood and metalwork for churches, those women were largely unacclaimed and regarded as amateurs. The profession of ecclesiastical wood carving was one entirely carried out by men. The sisters not only became skilled at the craft, but also set up a professional workshop business. Despite the challenges of two world wars, two fires and the departure of two of the sisters, the Pinwill workshop produced innovative ecclesiastical carvings in wood and stone for more than 60 years and for over 180 churches in Devon, and Cornwall and further afield, becoming one o (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Pinwill sisters (en) |
| owl:sameAs |
wikidata:Pinwill sisters https://global.dbpedia.org/id/GSnvb |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom |
wikipedia-en:Pinwill_sisters?oldid=1109307449&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Ermington_walk.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Pinwill-Family_c.1907.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/St_Peter_and_St_Paul,...t_by_the_Pinwill_sisters_in_1880s.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/The_Rood_Screen,_St._...Devon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2142334.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Launceston_St_Mary_Ma...ic_Rood_Screen_by_Pinwill_sisters.jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf |
wikipedia-en:Pinwill_sisters |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of |
dbr:Mary_Pinwill dbr:Violet_Pinwill dbr:Ethel_Pinwill |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of |
dbr:Church_of_St_Morwenna_and_St_John_the_Baptist,_Morwenstow dbr:Lewtrenchard dbr:Church_of_St_Laurence,_Upminster dbr:Edmund_Harold_Sedding dbr:List_of_English_women_artists dbr:List_of_woodcarvers dbr:Manaton dbr:Mary_Pinwill dbr:Violet_Pinwill dbr:Ethel_Pinwill |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:Pinwill_sisters |
