Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

English-born enameller, metalworker and designer, for whom see Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists(1996), 418-9, Nicola Gordon Bowe & Elizabeth Cumming, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Dublin and Edinburgh 1885-1925 (1998), 173-177.and Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 34-59. Percy Reeves came to Ireland in 1902 to teach metalwork and enamelling at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and continued to teach there until 1937. He died at home in Wicklow in 1967.

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9 work entries listed in chronological order for REEVES, PERCY OSWALD *


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Building: CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL
Date: 1916
Nature: Enamelled tabernacle door and panel.
Refs: Sir John Robert O'Connell, The Honan hostel chapel, Cork; some notes on the building and the ideals which inspired it(1916), 33; Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1996), 418-9; Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 46

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 021 (ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE)
Date: 1919
Nature: Scheme for War Memorial.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 47

Building: CO. KILDARE, KILL, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1920
Nature: Memorial plaque to Earl of Mayo.
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe & Elizabeth Cumming, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Dublin and Edinburgh 1885-1925 (1998), 175

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHIBSBOROUGH ROAD, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (CI, GRANGEGORMAN PARISH)
Date: 1920
Nature: Triptych war memorial. Lettring by George Atkinson, metalwork by James Wallace and John Hunter.
Refs: Ernest H.F. Campbell, 100 Years of Life at Grangegorman (1928), ?; Nicola Gordon Bowe & Elizabeth Cumming, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Dublin and Edinburgh 1885-1925 (1998), 175(illus.); Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 48 (illus.);  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 276.

Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC)
Date: 1920
Nature: Tabernacle panel & background plate. For Ashlin & Coleman.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 47

Building: CO. MAYO, FOXFORD, CONVENT OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE (SISTERS OF CHARITY)
Date: 1924
Nature: Tabernacle door panel fo convent chapel.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 49

Building: CO. FERMANAGH, MAGUIRESBRIDGE, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1924ca
Nature: Enamelled tabernacle door panel. the Pelican feeding its young'.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 49

Building: CO. CAVAN, MOUNT NUGENT, CHURCH OF ST BRIDE (CI)
Date: 1933
Nature: Memorial to Oliver St George Nugent (d. 1929) in form of Allegory of Psalm 75.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 52;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 487.

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, TERRYGLASS, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1935ca
Nature: Hickie family memorial tablets, for Maj. Gen. Sir W.B. Hickie, of Slevoyre. Lettering by George Atkinson.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 54(illus.),55