Structured more by a set of ideals than a prescriptive style, the Movement took its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, a group founded in London in 1887 that had as its first president ...

The Arts and Craft movement favoured quality over quantity and hand crafted items rather than mass produced, machine made goods, and sought to sought to replace the mundane machine with specialised ...

Arts and Crafts was an influential movement of the late 19 th century which attempted to re-establish the skills of craftsmanship threatened by mass production and industrialisation. Architecture was ...

Inspired by the reformist passion of figures such as William Morris and John Ruskin, the Arts and Crafts movement had a huge effect on Victorian society. Its advocates looked to history and to the ...

The preface Hall "Origin" outlines the origin and representative figures of the British Arts and Crafts movement, including the rare display of Morris' wallpaper design manuscript. Morris was happy to ...

He was a prominent figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, Modern Style, and British Art Nouveau style. His work was influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris. Born in 1863 in Isleworth, United ...

This quote was famously spoken by William Morris, textile and print designer and leading figure of the arts and crafts ...

Two manor houses with owners passionate about the British Arts and Crafts movement are drawing guests to discreet, creative stays. In 1892 Oscar Wilde spent a brutally cold winter in the seaside ...

This is a story of love, art, passion and controversy set against the backdrop of the Arts and Crafts Movement at the turn of the 20th century. To this "back-to-basics" artistic and cultural ...