Arts and Crafts Essays
by Various
About this book
A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscious cultivation of art and the attempt to interest the public in it which the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society has set itself to help, by calling special attention to that really most important side of art, the decoration of utilities by furnishing them with genuine artistic finish in place of trade finish." The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was formed in London in 1887 to promote the exhibition of decorative arts alongside fine arts. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer
Chapters (34)
1On the Revival of Design and handicraft: with Notes on the Work fo the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
2Textiles
3Of Decorative Painting and Design
4Of Wall Papers
5Fictiles
6Metal Work
7Stone and Wood Carving
8Furniture
9Stained Glass
10Table Glass
11Printing
12Bookbinding
13Of Mural Painting
14Of Sgraffito Work
15Of Stucco and Gesso
16Of Cast Iron
17Of Dyeing as an Art
18Of Embroidery
19Of Lace
21Of Designs and Working Drawings
22Furniture and the Room
23Of the Room and Furniture
24The English Tradition
25Carpenter's Furniture
26Of Decorated Furniture
27Of Carving
28Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work
29Woods and Other Materials
30Of Modern Embroidery
31Of Materials
32Colour
33Stitches and Mechanism
34Design
35On Designing for the Art of Embroidery
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