Arts and Crafts Essays (Version 2)

Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was active from the late 1880s until the outbreak of WWI. It was influential in the development of the British Arts and Crafts movement in promoting decorative arts alongside fine arts. This collection of essays covers a wide range of topics, from furniture making to embroidery; from bookbinding to stone and wood carving. The essays were written by well-known artists in their field. William Morris edited. - Summary by LynneT

Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Amanda Leung
00:07:02
Play 01 Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft Cynthia Malone
00:23:02
Play 02 Textiles Cynthia Malone
00:19:00
Play 03 Of Decorative Painting and Design CBilson
00:12:08
Play 04 Of Wall Papers BettyB
00:09:11
Play 05 Fictiles Gloria Loughry
00:05:46
Play 06 Metal Work twomustangs
00:10:31
Play 07 Stone and Wood Carving Gloria Loughry
00:07:30
Play 08 Furniture Claudia Caldi
00:08:03
Play 09 Stained Glass Gloria Loughry
00:08:30
Play 10 Table Glass Larry Wilson
00:04:01
Play 11 Printing Cynthia Malone
00:24:56
Play 12 Bookbinding Seraphina
00:14:15
Play 13 Of Mural Painting CBilson
00:10:30
Play 14 Of Sgraffito Work Gloria Loughry
00:12:11
Play 15 Of Stucco and Gesso Gloria Loughry
00:12:09
Play 16 Of Cast Iron Claudia Caldi
00:11:50
Play 17 Of Dyeing as an Art marisad6
00:16:44
Play 18 Of Embroidery Seraphina
00:11:21
Play 19 Of Lace Gloria Loughry
00:12:59
Play 20 Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration Claudia Caldi
00:11:40
Play 21 Of Designs and Working Drawings CBilson
00:11:22
Play 22 Furniture and the Room marisad6
00:12:33
Play 23 Of the Room and Furniture marisad6
00:14:49
Play 24 The English Tradition Gloria Loughry
00:12:53
Play 25 Carpenters' Furniture Gloria Loughry
00:08:23
Play 26 Of Decorated Furniture Gloria Loughry
00:12:40
Play 27 Of Carving nighthawks
00:09:08
Play 28 Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work Gloria Loughry
00:14:55
Play 29 Woods and other Materials Claudia Caldi
00:09:15
Play 30 Of Modern Embroidery Clare Gramlich
00:09:32
Play 31 Of Materials BettyB
00:10:15
Play 32 Colour Seraphina
00:10:25
Play 33 Stitches and Mechanism Margaret Sales
00:14:05
Play 34 Design Gloria Loughry
00:09:49
Play 35 On Designing for the Art of Embroidery KevinS
00:06:49