Arts
& Crafts Furniture from Classic to Contemporary
by Kevin P. Rodel and Jonathan Binzen
Hardcover
245 x 285mm
234pp
Published by The Taunton Press, Connecticut, USA.
R.R.P.$69.90
ISBN 1-56158-359-6
Extract from back cover of book:
Unlike the great furniture designs of the past, Arts and Crafts does not have a set of visual signatures that are easily identifed. The designers of the Arts and Crafts movement, whether working in the United Kingdom, Europe, or North America, shared design principles and philosophies, yet they created furniture that is widely diverse in style. This book, the first to look at the entire range of Arts and Crafts furniture, shows that Arts and Crafts style is much more than Stickley and Mission. And while the historical Arts and Crafts movement ended in the early 20th century, since its revival in the 1970s, it is very much alive today and practiced by contemporary craftsmen.
Dedicated to the integrated beauty of the whole house, the Arts and Crafts movement produced practical art of all kinds, but this book focuses on its most enduring legacy: the furniture. In the superb examples shown here, some of them in private collections and never before photographed, the true beauty and diversity of this unique furniture sings.
The movement had outposts in many parts of the Western hemisphere, but it can be grouped into schools sharing a philosophy or aesthetic. This book looks at each school to help the reader both perceive the common themes and to identify the furniture by its hallmarks. A key principle of the Arts and Crafts movement is a respect for hand-craftsmanship. The authors, both accomplished furniture makers in their own right, bring the unique perspective of design by construction and illuminate how the details of exposed joinery and choice of wood and finish demonstrate the artistry in this work.
For the first time this diverse and rich style is celebrated. For all those who love the Arts and Crafts style, this book will be an eye-opening look at both its diversity and the on-going tradition of craftsmanship.
Photos & Illustrations: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Introduction
Furniture
of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Social Reform, Design Revolution
Hallmarks
of the Arts and Crafts Style
How the Movement Spread
Wilham
Morris: The Roots of Arts and Crafts
Furnishing the Red House
Morris
& Co.: A Guild Goes into Business
Gallery: The Art of Morris & Co.
Arts
and Crafts in the Country: Gimson, the Barnsleys, and the Cotswolds Vernacular
London Calling
To the Cotswold Countryside
The Cotswold Legacy
Gallery: Cotswolds Country
English
Architects and Designers
A. H. Mackmurdo and the Awakening of Arts and
Crafts
C. F. A. Voysey: Refined Simplicity
The Artful Interior: M. H.
Baillie Scott
Liberty's and Heal & Son: Commercial Arts and Crafts in
England Gallery: England's Professional Caste
Charles
Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style
Mackintosh: Style Innovator
Mackintosh
Emerges
The Glasgow Style's Other Contributors
Mackintosh on the Wane
Gallery:
The Glasgow Style
Continental
Europe
Arts and Crafts in Austria
Ruskin and Morris in Deutschland
Ernst Ludwig's Legacy
Gallery: The Vienna Secession
Gustav
Stickley and His Brothers
Origins of the Style
Essence of the Craftsman
Style
Stickley's Impact
Which Is the Real Stickley Furniture?
Gallery:
The Stickley Family
Handmade
in a Factory: Mass Production in Grand Rapids
The Disappearing Artisan
Mission in the Midwest
Charles P. Limbert's European Influence
Joseph
McHugh's Mission Furniture
Gallery: Factory Furniture
The
Prairie School
Arts and Crafts in the Windy City
Louis Sullivan, Mentor
to the Prairie School
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Organic Ideal
George
Mann Niedecken, Interior Architect
Syncopated Ornament: George Washington
Maher
Prairie Partners: Purcell and Elmslie
Gallery: Prairie Arts &
Crafts
Utopian
Communities: American Furniture and Social Reform
Byrdcliffe's Aristocratic
Utopia
Elbert Hubbard and the Marketing of Utopia
Rose Valley's Suburban
Gothic
Gallery: Utopian Furniture
American
Innovators
Charles Rohlfs and the Decorated Plank
John Scott Bradstreet:
Fine Furniture on the Frontier
Arts and Crafts Climax: The Interiors of Greene
and Greene
Gallery: Innovators in the States
The
Revival of Arts and Crafts Furniture
The Sudden Death of Arts and Crafts
The
Aftermath in England
Danish Modern: Ruskin Revved Up
The Dean of American
Designer-Makers
Gallery: Arts and Crafts Revival
Selected
Bibliography
Resources
Credits
Index