Simplicity or Splendour : Arts and Crafts Living, Objects from the Cheltenham Collection
Language: English
Published by Lund Humphries, London, 1999
- Softcover
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184 pages, well illustrated with 208 illustrations in black and white and colour. The second title to be published on the stunning collection of Arts and Crafts objects that are held at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum; designated in June 1998 as being of national importance. The Collection's associated title 'Good Citizen's Furniture' focused on the comprehensive collection of furniture, whilst this publication examines the rest of the collection - decorative arts relating to the person and to the domestic interior. Featured designers include: Charles Ashbee; Walter Crane; Eric Gill; Ernest Gimson; William Morris; Gordon Russell; C.F.A. Voysey. Bibliography.
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- Title
- Simplicity or Splendour : Arts and Crafts Living, Objects from the Cheltenham Collection
- Author
- Carruthers, Annette (editor); Greensted, Mary (editor)
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries, London
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- None
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0853317798
- ISBN 13
- 9780853317791
- Dimensions
- 10 3/8" x 8 3/8"
In this book, the decorative arts relating to the person and to the domestic interior are given full attention.
Three accompanying essays explore the Arts and Crafts domestic interior, and define the Movement and its relationship to Art Nouveau and Modernism. They also examine the Arts and Crafts approach to dress and jewellery.
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Trinders' Fine Tools
Clare, Sudbury, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 20, 2002
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Peter and Rosemary Trinder are retired PBFA members, and trade on-line from The Loft at Trinders', Malting Lane, Clare, Suffolk, CO10 8NW. In addition to selling a wide variety of uncommon books, they also sell quality designer fashion, clothes and accessories largely from the latter part of the 20th Century; fashion and fashion books are listed at 20thcenturyfashion.co.uk. We also maintain an archive site at trindersfinetools.co.uk, where we list quality tools, particularly Norris and similar infill planes, that we have sold in the past.…
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