This design and construction movement began in Britain around 1880 and quickly spread across America and Europe. Taking its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, it stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms of decoration, and advocated economic and social reform. William Morris was one of its main influences.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Arts and Crafts movement
Arthur H. Mackmurdo, architect, 1851 - 1942, a pioneer and founder of the Art...
Totterdown Estate, built 1901 - 1911, influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movem...
Born near Glastonbury. Active around 930 - 960. Patron saint of armourers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, and jewellers. His feast day is May 19th.
Student at Eltham High School, who co-designed the Buddy Bear statue in Woolwich.
Family of mosaic artists from Italy. When they moved into new premises in 1898 they decorated the frontage with mosaics - this is now the Regent Street Apple building.
In 1891 C. R. Ashbee moved the workshops of the Guild of Handicraft from 34 Commercial Street to Essex House, at 401 Mile End Road, an early eighteenth-century mansion. The guild prospered at Essex...
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