Arthur Lasenby Liberty

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Arthur Lasenby Liberty was a British entrepreneur and founder of the London department store Liberty, renowned for popularizing distinctive Art Nouveau–inspired designs in textiles and decorative arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
entrepreneur
human
associatedWith Liberty style
Regent Street
surface form: Regent Street, London
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1843-08-13
dateOfDeath 1917-05-11
employer Farmer and Rogers
Liberty & Co.
ethnicGroup English
familyName Liberty
fieldOfWork decorative arts
retail
textile trade
founded Liberty & Co.
Liberty department store
givenName Arthur
hasHeritage English
influenced development of the Liberty style in design
knownFor founding Liberty department store in London
popularizing Art Nouveau–inspired designs in textiles and decorative arts
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Art Nouveau
name Arthur Lasenby Liberty self-link
nationality British
notableAchievement helped establish the commercial success of Art Nouveau design in Britain
introduced imported Eastern textiles and decorative objects to the London market
notableRole pioneer of artistic retailing in late 19th-century London
notableWork Liberty & Co.
occupation entrepreneur
merchant
retailer
placeOfBirth Buckinghamshire
Chesham
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
positionHeld founder of Liberty & Co.
managing director of Liberty & Co.
residence London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
spouse Emma Louise Blackmore
startTimeOfActivity 1860s

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Stile Liberty namedAfter Arthur Lasenby Liberty
Liberty London (nearby on Great Marlborough Street) foundedBy Arthur Lasenby Liberty
subject surface form: Liberty London
Liberty department store foundedBy Arthur Lasenby Liberty
Liberty & Co. foundedBy Arthur Lasenby Liberty
Arthur Lasenby Liberty name Arthur Lasenby Liberty self-link