Charles Locke Eastlake (1836 - 1906) was an architect and furniture designer. He popularised William Morris's notions of decorative arts in the Arts & Crafts style, becoming one of the principal exponents of the revived "Early English" or "Modern Gothic Style" that was so popular in Victorian times. He made no furniture himself, his designs being produced by professional cabinet makers.
In 1868 he published Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and other Details which was very influential in Great Britain and later the United States (where the book was published in 1872).
Born in Plymouth, Devon, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was an English painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the early 19th century.
The fourth son of an Admiralty lawyer, Eastlake was educated at local grammar schools in Plymouth and, briefly, at Charterhouse, Surrey.
Despite being based predominantly in mainland Europe, Eastlake regularly sent works back to London for exhibition and in 1827 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy.
Charles Locke Eastlake (1836 – 1906) was an architect and furniture designer.
He popularised William Morris's notions of decorative arts in the Arts and Crafts style, becoming one of the principal exponents of the revived "Early English" or "Modern Gothic Style" that was so popular in Victorian times.
His uncle, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA (born in 1793) was an earlier Keeper of the National Gallery, from 1843 to 1847, which, today, leads to much confusion between the two men.
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