Arts and Crafts Antiques

The Arts and Crafts movement that swept the United States and Great Britain from roughly 1880 to 1920 was a response to the industrialization of the late 19th century. It was a call on the part of thinkers, poets, artists, and designers to return to a handmade aesthetic, in which craftsmanship was paramount, design was nature-inspired, and construction methods were straightforward, simple, and undisguised. English art critic John Ruskin...Continue Reading