Aglaia Coronio (née Ionides; 1834 – 20 August 1906, Greek: Αγλαΐα Κορωνιού) was a British embroiderer, bookbinder, art collector and patron of the arts. [1] [2] [3]
Early life
Of Greek descent, she was the elder daughter of businessman and art collector Alexander Constantine Ionides, who had immigrated to London from Athens in 1827. [2] Her older brother was Constantine Alexander Ionides (b. 1833); her younger siblings were Luca (b. 1837), Alexandro (b. 1840) and Chariclea (b. 1844).
Later life
Coronio became a confidante of William Morris and a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. William Morris taught her about Chaucer and bookbinding and Coronio is reportedly one of the first women to become a bookbinder in the late nineteenth century. [2] [3] She and her cousins Marie Spartali Stillman and Maria Zambaco were known among friends as "the Three Graces," after the Charites of Greek mythology (the youngest of whom was also " Aglaia").
She married Theodore John Coronio. [1] On 20 August 1906, the day after the death of her daughter, Coronio died after stabbing herself in the neck and chest with a pair of scissors. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Mrs. Coronio - Collection Introduction". www.rossettiarchive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Letter to Aglaia Coronio Annotations – William Morris". Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b Tidcombe, Marianne (1996). Women bookbinders, 1880-1920. New Castle, DE, USA : London: Oak Knoll Press ; British Library. ISBN 978-1-884718-23-6.
- ^ ODNB
- Parry, Linda. "Coronio, Aglaia". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/62800. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as ODNB
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- 1834 births
- 1906 suicides
- 1906 deaths
- Arts and Crafts movement artists
- Bookbinders
- British people of Greek descent
- British embroiderers
- English art collectors
- Women art collectors
- English philanthropists
- Suicides by sharp instrument in England
- Women of the Victorian era
- 19th-century British philanthropists
- 19th-century English artists
- 19th-century British women artists
- Women's history stubs
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Aglaia Coronio (née Ionides; 1834 – 20 August 1906, Greek: Αγλαΐα Κορωνιού) was a British embroiderer, bookbinder, art collector and patron of the arts. [1] [2] [3]
Early life
Of Greek descent, she was the elder daughter of businessman and art collector Alexander Constantine Ionides, who had immigrated to London from Athens in 1827. [2] Her older brother was Constantine Alexander Ionides (b. 1833); her younger siblings were Luca (b. 1837), Alexandro (b. 1840) and Chariclea (b. 1844).
Later life
Coronio became a confidante of William Morris and a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. William Morris taught her about Chaucer and bookbinding and Coronio is reportedly one of the first women to become a bookbinder in the late nineteenth century. [2] [3] She and her cousins Marie Spartali Stillman and Maria Zambaco were known among friends as "the Three Graces," after the Charites of Greek mythology (the youngest of whom was also " Aglaia").
She married Theodore John Coronio. [1] On 20 August 1906, the day after the death of her daughter, Coronio died after stabbing herself in the neck and chest with a pair of scissors. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Mrs. Coronio - Collection Introduction". www.rossettiarchive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Letter to Aglaia Coronio Annotations – William Morris". Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b Tidcombe, Marianne (1996). Women bookbinders, 1880-1920. New Castle, DE, USA : London: Oak Knoll Press ; British Library. ISBN 978-1-884718-23-6.
- ^ ODNB
- Parry, Linda. "Coronio, Aglaia". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/62800. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as ODNB
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- 1834 births
- 1906 suicides
- 1906 deaths
- Arts and Crafts movement artists
- Bookbinders
- British people of Greek descent
- British embroiderers
- English art collectors
- Women art collectors
- English philanthropists
- Suicides by sharp instrument in England
- Women of the Victorian era
- 19th-century British philanthropists
- 19th-century English artists
- 19th-century British women artists
- Women's history stubs
- British artist stubs