Arts and Crafts Essays

by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

Arts and Crafts Essays

 

By

Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

With a Preface

By William Morris

 

London
RIVINGTON, PERCIVAL, & CO.
1893

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft: with Notes on the Work of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Walter Crane	1
Textiles. William Morris	22
Of Decorative Painting and Design. Walter Crane	39
Of Wall Papers. Walter Crane	52
Fictiles. G. T. Robinson	62
Metal Work. W. A. S. Benson	68
Stone and Wood Carving. Somers Clarke	81
Furniture. Stephen Webb	89
Stained Glass. Somers Clarke	98
Table Glass. Somers Clarke	106
Printing. William Morris and Emery Walker	111
Bookbinding. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson	134
Of Mural Painting. F. Madox Brown	149
Of Sgraffito Work. Heywood Sumner	161
Of Stucco and Gesso. G. T. Robinson	172
Of Cast Iron. W. R. Lethaby	184
Of Dyeing as an Art. William Morris	196
Of Embroidery. May Morris	212
Of Lace. Alan S. Cole	224
Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration. Reginald Blomfield	237
Of Designs and Working Drawings. Lewis F. Day	249
Furniture and the Room. Edward S. Prior	261
Of the Room and Furniture. Halsey Ricardo	274
The English Tradition. Reginald Blomfield	289
Carpenters' Furniture. W. R. Lethaby	302
Of Decorated Furniture. J. H. Pollen	310
Of Carving. Stephen Webb	322
Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work. T. G. Jackson	330
Woods and other Materials. Stephen Webb	345
Of Modern Embroidery. Mary E. Turner	355
Of Materials. May Morris	365
Colour. May Morris	376
Stitches and Mechanism. Alan S. Cole	387
Design. John D. Sedding	405
On Designing for the Art of Embroidery. Selwyn Image	414