Arts & Crafts

Arts and Crafts was a major English and American aesthetic movement which evolved in the last years of the 19th and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.

The Arts and Crafts Movement began primarily as a search for authentic and meaningful styles for the 19th century and as a reaction to the elaborate and heavy style of the Victorian era and to the soulless machine-made production of the Industrial Revolution.

The proponents of the Arts and Crafts movement were in favour of the idea of the master craftsman, creating all the parts of an item of furniture, and also playing a part in its assembly and finishing. This was in stark contrast to the general trend of mass production of the time.

It was a reformist movement that influenced British and American architecture, decorative arts, cabinet making and crafts. There were many innovative designers of the time, including William Morris and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and their work is very sought after today.

We are constantly on the look out for interesting and unusual pieces from this period and we try to provide as broad a range of items as possible for our customers.

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