Arts and Crafts
Features
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How Arts and Crafts influenced fashion
How did the ideas of the Arts and Crafts movement influence the design and manufacture of clothes, accessories and jewellery?
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Arts and Crafts: design for the home
Which British designers applied Arts and Crafts principles in creating objects for the home? Find out in our A to Z guide.
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Pattern design after William Morris
Highlights from the work of eight textile and wallpaper designers in our Arts and Crafts collection
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Arts and Crafts: beyond the UK
Find out how the British Arts and Crafts Movement influenced the work of designers in other countries
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Philip Webb: a new vision for domestic space
Philip Webb's designs for Red House highlight his quietly revolutionary approach to the design of domestic space
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Arts and Crafts enamels
A new wave of artists discover an ancient technique
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Conservation of the Poynter Room grill
See the magnificence of the metalwork return
Collection highlights
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Season ticket, by Walter Crane, 1890, BritainV&A South Kensington -
Necklace, designed by Charles Robert Ashbee, made by Guild of Handicraft Ltd., 1901 – 02, London, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Drawing, by William de Morgan, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Washstand, designed by Leonard F. Wyburd and William De Morgan, manufactured by Liberty & Co. Ltd. and William De Morgan, about 1894, London, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Design, William De Morgan, late 19th century, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Tray, designed by William Arthur Smith Benson, 1894, Hammersmith and Fulham, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Screen, designed by John Henry Dearle, manufactured by Morris & Co., 1885 – 1910, LondonV&A East Storehouse -
Armchair, designed by Ernest William Gimson, made by Edward Gardiner, about 1905, Sapperton, England -
Clock, designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, 1895, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Urn, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, made by James Miller, about 1902, Chicago, USV&A East Storehouse -
Zermatt, watercolour, by John Ruskin, 1844, Zermatt, SwitzerlandV&A South Kensington -
Coat, by Marshall & Snelgrove Ltd, 1895 – 1900, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Decanter, designed by Charles Robert Ashbee, made by Guild of Handicraft Ltd, 1904 – 5, London, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Poppies furnishing fabric, designed by Lindsay Phillip Butterfield for Turnbull & Stockdale Ltd., 1901, EnglandV&A East Storehouse -
Lamp, designed by Arthur Stansfield Dixon, made by Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, about 1893, Birmingham, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
Architectural drawing of the Red House, by Philip Webb, 1859, EnglandV&A South Kensington -
The Angel with the Trumpet, furnishing fabric, designed by Herbert Percy Horne, made by Simpson & Godlee, about 1884, EnglandV&A East Storehouse
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