The Arts & Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Movement was one of the most influential, profound and far-reaching design movements of modern …
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Victorian furniture styles
This page describes various different Victorian styles of furniture. The styles vary and include Japanese designs, …
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Room 125: Morris, Dresser & Mackintosh
This Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery looks at the different styles which prevailed in the late 19th century. These i…
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A Morris and De Morgan tile-panel
The early commissions of Morris and Company for decorative work at St James Palace (1865-67), the Green Dining-Room…
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International Arts & Crafts reading list
Reading list with recommended publications about Arts & Crafts design.
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Needlework patterns, home craft & women’s magazines in the 1920s and 1930s
In the interwar period 1918-1939, magazine home craft helped the spread of handcraft and supported women in realising their ideas, values, experiences, and fantasies in unique ways.
Inspired by ... demonstrations
Winners of the V&A's 'Inspired by...' art competition return to the V&A to demonstrate their craft.
Inspired by ... winners 2010
The 2010 winners of the V&A's 'Inspired By...' competition and their work. Inspired by … is the V&A's annual art competition for people on part-time courses, and is supported by NIACE, the National Institute of Continuing Education. Participants create a work of art or craft inspired by the collections of either V&A South Kensington, or the V&A Museum of Childhood
International arts and crafts links
Links about International Arts and Crafts
V&A & Crafts Council partnership
Working collaboratively, the V&A and the Crafts Council will present a programme of contemporary crafts activities which will play a key role in bringing contemporary craft to a much wider audience.
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Essential Arts and Crafts
Karen Livingstone explores the origins, myths, and multiplicity of the Arts and Crafts Movement through some of its most ground-breaking works.
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