The Arts and Crafts Home [Hardcover]

Kitty Turgeon (Author), Robert Rust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

"[A] detailed look at the domestic architecture, including regional interpretations...short biographies on the influential designers, artisans, artists, and architects of the movement...highly recommended."--Library Journal.

 

"Includes great tips on how to achieve the...style in your home through the use of landscaping, furniture pieces and decorative accents."--Timber Homes Illustrated.

 

"The various interpretations of architecture, interior details, furniture, pottery and textiles are all described--and shown in excellent full-color photographs."--Country Accents.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The Arts and Crafts movement of design, popular at the beginning of the century, has a "desire to return to quality in workmanship and design" and a sparse modern look that make it continually popular today. The authors expand on their previous book, Architecture & Design Library, Arts & Crafts (Friedman/Fairfax, 1997), to include a more detailed look at the domestic architecture, including regional interpretations, as well as short biographies on the influential designers, artisans, artists, and architects of the movement. This book has an extensive resource list, lacking in the "Architecture & Design Library" series, that makes it highly recommended for interior design collections with a patronage for this design style.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing; 1st Printing edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567994555
• ISBN-13: 978-1567994551
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 10.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,486,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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81 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect begining to an Arts & Crafts reference library, July 17, 1999

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This review is from: The Arts and Crafts Home (Hardcover)

This is an excellant book for the layman enthuisist of the Arts & Crafts movement. Primarily covering the Arts & Crafts home (as the title suggests) it would be the perfect first book for the individual looking to build upon an Arts & crafts theme in their home. The frist chapters (all pages containing beautifull & well choosen photos) cover the Arts & Crafts philosophy for the uninitiated in order to develop an understanding with the reader of the concepts covered later in the book. All areas of the arts & crafts home are well covered from the house itself to gardens to interiors, lighting, artwork etc. If you were looking to decorate or restore your home in the arts & crafts style this is definately a great place to start. If, after gleaming it's pages you are thirsty for more, the index at the back has a very comprehensive list of further reading, arts & crafts reproduction furniture etc manufacturers, tours, resources etc. Full marks to the authors for a well conceived & executed publication.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finest entry point into this style, January 25, 2001

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This review is from: The Arts and Crafts Home (Hardcover)

For those of us remodeling and looking to restore old bungalows to the arts and crafts style, this book came to us highly recommended as a good place to start.

How right this advice was. This is an excellent book which walks you through the history and philosophy, then on to regional variations, landscape, interior, furniture, lighting and accessories.

These are all supported by excellent photography, glossary and sources for everything from auctions to books to Interior Designers, etc. A must have for the Arts and Crafts rookie.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro into this subject., December 16, 2002

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Scott Knudsen (Air Ronge, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Arts and Crafts Home (Paperback)

I thought I would check out what the Arts & Crafts Home movement was all about so I got this book based on it's great reviews. It is full of history, and photos, enough to either satisfy your curiosity, or like me, it will cause a hunger in you for more books on the subject.