The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain

by Mary Greensted

Book Overview

Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth and development of the Arts and Craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings, furniture, metalwork, and the people who influenced it. The movement was concerned with the revival of traditional crafts, and a return to the vernacular, and it had socialist ideals at its heart. This movement, which flourished in the early twentieth century, has not only bequeathed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747807825
• ISBN13: 9780747807827
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.9"