Essential Arts and Crafts [Hardcover]

Karen Livingstone (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 2005

This attractive small format book highlights the key characteristics of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, Europe, America and Japan and shows how its ideas were disseminated around the world. It showcases the best of the furniture, jewellery, silver and textiles from different continents, and puts these in the context of the architecture and interiors of the time.

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About the Author

Karen Livingstone is Curator of the exhibition International Arts and Crafts, and a Research Fellow at the V&A. She is editor with Linda Parry of International Arts and Crafts (2005) and has contributed to several publications, inlcuding Design and the Decorative Arts: Britain 1500-1900 (2001) and the Persistence of Craft (2002).

Product Details

Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum (March 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1851774475
ISBN-13: 978-1851774470
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,958,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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