Simplicity or splendour : arts and crafts living : objects from the Cheltenham Collections / edited by Annette Carruthers and Mary Greensted
Language: English
Published by Cheltenham : Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1999
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled, small fold to top cover corner. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Contents; I. 'Simplicity or Splendour': the Arts and Crafts domestic interior -- II. Defining the Arts and Crafts Movement -- III. Artistically attired: Arts and Crafts dress and jewellery -- IV. Catalogue. William Morris and his circle. The Martin Brothers. Charles Francis Annesley Voysey. Charles Robert Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft. Henry Wilson and the Artificers' Guild. Ernest Gimson. Alfred and Louise Powell and their circle. Eve and William Simmonds. Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher. The Birmingham School. Designs for the trade. Art metalworkers and jewellers. Art Pottery. Amateurs and prize winners. Eric Gill and the Ditchling community. Chipping Campden Arts and Crafts. Gordon Russell and his firm. Eric Sharpe. Studio Pottery. Michael Cardew and the Winchcombe Pottery. Recent craft commissions -- App. Furniture acquired since 1994. Subjects; Arts and crafts movement England. Decorative arts Cheltenham. Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. Interior decoration. Metalwork. Pottery. 1 Kg.…
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- Title
- Simplicity or splendour : arts and crafts living : objects from the Cheltenham Collections / edited by Annette Carruthers and Mary Greensted
- Author
- Carruthers, Annette
- Publisher
- Cheltenham : Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums in association with Lund Humphries Publishers
- Publication year
- 1999
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0853317798
- ISBN 13
- 9780853317791
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
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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