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Campbell, Smith & Co

Dates: Founded 1873

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Decorating firm founded by Charles Campbell in partnership with Frederick George Smith. The firm was retained to paint and gild furniture designed by William Burges, and this led to extensive decorative work at Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch for the Marquess of Bute under Burges's direction. Much of the painted furniture and decoration at Burges's Tower House in Melbury Road was carried out by the firm. A succession of church and theatre decorating commissions followed.