C.H.B.Quennell
Quennell was the son of Henry Quennell, a builder, and his wife Emma Rebecca (née Hobbs),[1] and grew up in a house at Cowley Road on the Holland Town Estate, Kennington, London. He was the husband of Marjorie Quennell whom he met in 1903 at the Jun
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Quennell was the son of Henry Quennell, a builder, and his wife Emma Rebecca (née Hobbs),[1] and grew up in a house at Cowley Road on the Holland Town Estate, Kennington, London. He was the husband of Marjorie Quennell whom he met in 1903 at the Junior Art Worker's Guild and father of Peter Quennell. With his wife, he wrote extensively on social history.
Discussing the leading English furniture designs of the time, Herman Muthesius[2] wrote: '... that inspired artist Henry Wilson and the excellent designer C. H. B. Quennell far outshine the rest of the group and produce work of high artistic sensibility.'
Quennell died in December 1935; his final words to his wife were "There you go – butting in as usual" [3]
His brother, Walter, a builder and property developer, was the father of Joan Quennell, a Conservative M.P.[4][5][6]
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