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Arts and Crafts Essays (Version 2)

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

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Preface (Amanda Leung)
Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft (Cynthia Malone)
Textiles (Cynthia Malone)
Of Decorative Painting and Design (CBilson)
Of Wall Papers (BettyB)
Fictiles (Gloria Loughry)
Metal Work (twomustangs)
Stone and Wood Carving (Gloria Loughry)
Furniture (Claudia Caldi)
Stained Glass (Gloria Loughry)
Table Glass (Larry Wilson)
Printing (Cynthia Malone)
Bookbinding (Seraphina)
Of Mural Painting (CBilson)
Of Sgraffito Work (Gloria Loughry)
Of Stucco and Gesso (Gloria Loughry)
Of Cast Iron (Claudia Caldi)
Of Dyeing as an Art (marisad6)
Of Embroidery (Seraphina)
Of Lace (Gloria Loughry)
Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration (Claudia Caldi)
Of Designs and Working Drawings (CBilson)
Furniture and the Room (marisad6)
Of the Room and Furniture (marisad6)
The English Tradition (Gloria Loughry)
Carpenters' Furniture (Gloria Loughry)
Of Decorated Furniture (Gloria Loughry)
Of Carving (nighthawks)
Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work (Gloria Loughry)
Woods and other Materials (Claudia Caldi)
Of Modern Embroidery (Clare Gramlich)
Of Materials (BettyB)
Colour (Seraphina)
Stitches and Mechanism (Margaret Sales)
Design (Gloria Loughry)
On Designing for the Art of Embroidery (KevinS)
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