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Arts and crafts tiles : Morris to Voysey / Rob Higgins and Will Farmer.
LIBRA NK4210.M67 H50 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higgins, Rob, author.
- Farmer, Will, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Morris, William.
- Potters--Great Britain--Biography.
- Potters.
- Tiles--England--History--19th century.
- Tiles.
- Pottery--Design.
- Pottery.
- History.
- England.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Arts and Crafts Movement was a reaction to the brutality of working life and the sterility of industrial design in Victorian Britain. Although Arts and Crafts was initially a mediaeval revival, the movement was always about the artist craftsman and the appropriate use of materials, rather than any single design tradition. The movement was inspired and led by William Morris, whose company was founded in 1861 and produced a full range of interior furnishings, including tiles. These were designed by Morris himself, and also by leading artists and architects of the day such as Edward Burne Jones and Philip Webb. The term Arts and Crafts was formalised in the late 1880s, and many designers, artists and craftsmen joined Morris in this new movement, and leading designers including Walter Crane and C. F. A. Voysey produced distinctive and now highly collectable ceramic tiles that were used to decorate the bathrooms and the fireplaces of the wealthy and discerning. This book, with its companion on the work of William de Morgan, is the first complete introduction to British Arts and Crafts tiles from 1860 to 1920. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Origins of arts and crafts
- William Morris
- Art tiles from the 1870s onwards
- The arts and crafts exhibition society
- Into the twentieth century
- Designing arts and crafts tiles
- Identifying and collecting arts and crafts tiles
- Resources and places to visit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781445672144
- 1445672146
- OCLC:
- 994638027
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