The 'Son' Also Rises

Celebrating 'best' craftsmanship at William & Son

The Golden Age of English design is reckoned to have started with the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660. Freed from dreary decades of Puritan repression, the creative genius of British craftsmen blossomed like a proverbial English rose for at least the next century and a half. It was the age that produced Sir Christopher Wren's mighty St. Paul's Cathedral, Thomas Chippendale's enduring furniture patterns, Josiah Wedgwood's elegant pottery, and the opulent silver flourishes of Paul de Lamerie.

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