Benjamin Wilson Tripp

Type (dcterms:type): Identified
Occupation (dcterms:type): cover designer
Title (dcterms:title): Benjamin Wilson Tripp; B. Wilson Tripp
Monogram or signature used (dcterms:alternative): BWT
Temporal Coverage (dcterms:temporal): 1878-1931 See all items with this value
Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial): United States See all items with this value; Providence, Rhode Island See all items with this value
Description (dcterms:description): A designer about whom very little is known, and was previously identified only by his initials "BWT".

He also created designs for jewelry and hairbrushes. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.

He eventually moved to Switzerland, and is noted as being in Montreux as of 1904. He died in Switzerland in 1931. See all items with this value
lastName (foaf:lastName): Tripp
firstName (foaf:firstName): Benjamin Wilson
Is Referenced By (dcterms:isReferencedBy): Trade Bindings Research Newsletter; Arts and crafts exhibition, Providence Rhode Island; Find a Grave for Benjamin Wilson Tripp; Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Under the Auspices of the Providence Art Club

Media: Monogram of BWT; Monogram of BWT; List of book covers designed by Tripp, in the "Arts and crafts exhibition" catalog of the Providence Art Club; Announcement in the New York Times (January 18, 1906) that mentions Benjamin Tripp and his mother (J. A. Tripp) as passengers traveling on the ship La Gascogne; Tripp's design for a hairbrush in the 3rd annual (1898) competition by students in the Rhode Island School of Design with prizes offered by the New England Manufacturing Jewelers' Association; Tripp's jewelry design is mentioned in an February 1904 article from "House Beautiful"; Tripp's design for a playing card is mentioned in "The Studio" magazine, 1899

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