Arthur Hayball ¹

  General Notes:

"Arthur Hayball (1822-1887) the son of a Sheffield builder and joiner was a wood carver who supplemented his income as a portrait photographer and teacher.7 He had trained and later taught at the Sheffield School of Art being influenced by Alfred Stevens, Godfrey Sykes and later John Ruskin. In 1851, he won a gold medal at the Great Exhibition for a highly acclaimed walnut cabinet in the Italian style.8. He went on to work with several architects including Weightman & Hadfield, George Goldie, J.B. Mitchell Withers and William White. As well as carrying out much local work, he also received commissions to execute work in churches in England, Ireland America and Spain.9 The 1881 Census shows he employed eight men and two boys together with his daughters, one of whom, Clara, became a skilled carver. However, his premises were unremarkable. In 1878, the rateable value for his home, warehouse, workshops and steam saw in the garden of 9-13 Cavendish St., amounted to just £58."

Banham, J. "Materialising the domestic interior. Sheffield's nineteenth-century furniture industry." in Macdonald, S. Materializing Sheffield: Place, Culture and Identity (2006) URL: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/banham/MSbanham.htm [Accessed 7 August 2008].

  Chronology:

He worked as an Apprentice Joiner in 1841 and resided at Broomhall, Yorkshire, England.

He worked as a Wood carver in 1881 and resided at Sheffield, York, England.

PHOTO: 1851. Fig.2 Gold medal winning cabinet in walnut
made by Arthur Hayball of Sheffield for the
Great Exhibition, 1851.

Banham, J. "Materialising the domestic interior. Sheffield's nineteenth-century furniture industry." in Macdonald, S. Materializing Sheffield: Place, Culture and Identity (2006) URL: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/banham/MSbanham.htm [Accessed 7 August 2008].

Arthur married Hannah. (Hannah was born circa 1819 in Sheffield, York, England.)