Arts and Crafts style developed in the 1860s as a reaction against the growing industrialisation of Victorian Britain. Those involved believed in the equality of all the arts and the importance and pleasure of work. The appearance of the style resulted from the principles involved in the making of the objects. By the end of the century such ideals had affected the design and manufacture of all the decorative arts in Britain.
Frederick Hollyer (photographer)
1884
Platinum print
Museum no. 7715-1938
Wall Hanging
William Morris (designer)
Ada Phoebe Godman (maker)
1877 (designed)
1877-1900 (made)
Embroidered in crewel wools on linen in long and short, stem, satin stitches and French knots, with woven woollen braid and fringing
Museum no. T.166-1978
Acanthus Wallpaper Design
William Morris
1874
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Museum no. CIRC.297-1955
Decanter Charles Robert Ashbee
1904-1905
Glass, with silver mounts and a chrysoprase set in the finial
Musuem no. M.121:1, 2-1966
Necklace
Charles Robert Ashbee
1901-1902
Silver and gold, set with blister pearls, diamond sparks and a demantoid garnet for the eye, with three pendent pearls
Museum no. M.23-1965
Clock
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (designer)
Frederick Coote (probably, maker)
1895 (designed)
1896-1901 (made)
Painted and gilded mahogany with a brass and steel pendulum
Museum no. W.5:1, 2-1998