crafts movement (8 risultati)

Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 3rd Printing. Pictorial hardcover with gingko leaf design; color illustrated dust jacket with some scuffing and slightly age-toned. An exploration of Gustav Stickley furniture and the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Illustrated with photographs. Size: Large Thick 4to.

Hardcover. Profusely Illustrated (illustratore). Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine, black and color illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 232 pp., mostly bw illustrations with some in color. "The Arts and Crafts movement grew out of the reaction against 19th century industrialization and the decline in quality resulting from mass-production. The ideals of the movement's founders, William Morris and John Ruskin, found a practical outlet in the formation of art guilds which, like their medieval counterparts, provided workshops and meetings-places for the fastidious craftsman. The aims and ideals of the Arts and Crafts were not confined to Britain: the parallel movement in America was equally important and influential. Both countries experienced a flowering of small village-based craft communities and a rapid interchange of ideas followed the transatlantic visits of a number of important designers . The history of the Arts and Crafts movement is here traced in detail from its inception to decline in both Britain and America, examing fully its aims, achievements and political relevance . These are profusely illustrated by examples of works in wood, metal, glass, ceramics and fabrics beautifully photographed in both color and black and white, many of which are published for the first time." - dust jacket description. VG- (book shows minor age toning on top third of text block, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket shows minimal wear at edges).

Paperback. Condizione: VG. Glossy burnt orange and color-illustrated wraps with blue lettering. 40 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: October 21, 2001. Catalogue contains lots 500-930.

4to. 47, [1] pp. 74 photo plates, decorated initials. Publisher's brown pebbled faux calf cloth, decorative gilt Holly Hocks border & lettering front cover, gilt lettering on spine, rounded corners, NF copy. First edition of this exhibition catalogue for the photographs shot by Julia Hoffman (1856-1934), noted Arts & Crafts painter, sculptor, metal worker, weaver, and photographer whose exhibition and art classes in Portland, OR heavily influenced the Pacific Northwest, as well as the eventual establishment of the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and was the first lifetime member in 1902 for the Portland Art Association, precursor to the Portland Art Museum. Her photos exhibited here capture family life, the interiors of the home on 714 Everett Street, Yellowstone fishing trips, and childhood exuberance. These photos were donated to the San Francisco MOMA by renowned designer decorator Margery Hoffman Smith, who was Assistant Director of the WPA in Oregon in the 1930's and was responsible for the historic interiors of Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood.

Condizione: Fine. Number of books: 28 copies.

Hardcover. 20cm, 425p., extensively illustrated with advertisements including 10 colour plates, classifieds, indexes, original quarter green cloth backed paper over boards, paper label on the front cover, very good cops (arts). ~ A who's who of Arts & Craft artists, illustrators and photographers in the eastern United States with over 300 illustrated advertisements. Sections include various types and mediums of illustration. A valuable reference of the mid 20's Arts & Craft Movement in the eastern United States.

Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Hardcover Folder with loosely inserted material like letters and photographs, envelopes, signed and inscribed books and rare pamphlets with designs etc. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Fantstic Archive and lots of unpublished material of one of the more eminent Cabinet, Furniture and Chair - Designers which resulted from inspiration by William Morris' Kelmscott - School. Percy A. Wells Chairs are still in regular demand today and sell for stunning prices (3000 £ etc.). Please see here a detailed description of the Archive, which we display with permission of the composer of the Bibliography, Dr.Christian White from Christian White Rare Books and which we have embellished only by listing everything in more detail: Percy A. Wells [with] May Morris; Ambrose Heal etc. The Batsford-published author and arts and crafts designer Percy Wells's retained collection of drawings, a notebook, letters, photographs, and articles. Wells (1867-1956), a cabinet maker and disciple of William Morris, lectured, taught and wrote extensively during the later phase of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain. His typescript autobiography is included in the archive which follows him through an apprenticeship in London's City Road with early practice as a cabinet maker before working alongside William Lethaby at the Central School and subsequently leading the cabinet department at the Shoreditch Technical Institution in London. His two most significant works, both published by Batsford, were "Modern Cabinet Work" (1909) which brought him to a wider audience and "Furniture for Small Houses" (1924) but as revealed by this archive, his work went much wider. Included in the archive is the following material: I. PHOTOGRAPHS A fantastic collection of gelatin photographs of furniture, many used as illustrations in Wells' books and labelled as such to verso. Contained within an envelope labelled in a later hand: 'Furniture designed by Percy Wells. (Including Shoreditch).' Small sheaf of personal photographs including images of Wells in old age gardening in Dulwich. Two photographs of a house exterior project in New Barnet, with Wells' handwritten explanations overleaf of 'treatment of Wall with trellis and boxes' and additional larger furniture photographs. 60 (sixty) silver gelatine photographs of Furniture designed by Percy A. Wells, many with his signature or monogram and titled verso 1 (one) silver gelatine print of a Livingroom setting with Furniture by Percy A. Wells (Photograph by Monger and Marchant) 1 (one) silver gelatine print of a Bedroom setting with Furniture by Percy A. Wells (Photograph by Monger and Marchant) 2 (two vintage Albumen print photographs showing a courtyard - design by Percy A. Wells: a. Concrete Yard with border of flowers and Trellis of Flowers and Shelter designed by Percy A. Wells (Annotated and signed verso) b. Yard - with Treatment of Wall with trellis and Boxes and Outdoor Shelter designed by Percy A. Wells (Annotated and signed verso) 4 (four) wonderful silver gelatine portrait photographs of Percy A. Wells 3 (three) negatives of vintage photographs showing cupboards and one chair designed by Percy A. Wells 1 (one) fantastic Group Photo of British Furniture Makers, signed by most of those depicted, showing C.C.Beetles and others II. PERCY WELLS' TYPESCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Containing 22-page (A4) Typescript Autobiography titled 'Fifty Years in the Furniture Trade' by Percy Wells, 1934 (according to a handwritten note by Wells, it was published on three instalments inside the publication: "The Cabinet Maker" (in the year 1934). The short autobiography describes Wells' poor background, his apprenticeship in the City Road as a cabinet maker; mentored by Stephen Webb and W. R. Lethaby and then teaching-work at Central School and Shoreditch Technical Institute. The Typescript - Autobiography is included in a Folder (Numbered "9") which also includes: a. Typescript Autobiography b. Page from "The Cabinet Maker", June 11th, 1933 in which it is announced that Percy Wells has retired from his position as head of the department of cabinet-making at L.C.C. Shoreditch Technical Institute. A photograph shows a Chair and writing - desk, made and presented to Percy Wells by night students of the Institute (Photo by Bloomsbury Trade School). "The Writing Desk is veneered with Walnut.the whole of the front pigeon-holes in fine Cuba Mahogany.Students responsible under their instructors for various features [of the desk]: Abbott, Beetles, Nash and Starling conytributed the carcase and veneered work; Elder the interior fitment; Hilliard and Wheeler the carving, Marritt the chair frame and Miller the Upholstery.". c. Account in local paper (Shoreditch) of Percy Wells' retirement in December 1932 d. Personal Note with photograph of Wells, mentioning his authorship for Pamphlets for the National Association of Boys Clubs. III. PERCY WELLS' SKETCHBOOK c1900-1920: Small quarto, c. 200 pages, bound in quarter-roan over textured black boards; back strip largely missing; binding remains intact. Inscribed in ink to first blank 'Percy A Wells' with pencil addition '31 Hindmans Rd East Dulwich SE'. Starting with the endpapers Wells has used almost every page for drawings, some vignette sized, many full page. There are for example variations on William Morris titled in handwriting: 'Border Designs - Corners from W. Morris's Books, a series of heraldic shield-fillings, credited to William Morris and a full page attempt at what seems to be a graphic tribute to Morris with the names of 'Dante Rossetti', 'Madox Brown', 'Burne Jones' contained within a column in the right margin and the slogan 'ARTS - CRAFTS - POETRY - BEAUTY - BROTHERHOOD' at the foot of the page. Much of the sketchbook is dedicated to drawings for furniture and other design such as tiles, architectural details, often connected to Wells' emergent book projects, thus 'Fences and Gates. Screens Chapt ?' There are s.

Reprint. Quarto (20 x 26cm). Handsomely bound in contemporary full blue morocco with sinuous gilt borders and gilt foliate decoration incorporating red morocco onlays representing berries to the boards, the spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt and with titles in gilt. Gilt dentelles incorporating red morocco onlays. Binder's signature in gilt to the bottom turn-in of the lower board: "ML 1930". All edges gilt. Attractive colour woodblock-printed floral endpapers. Binder's inscription in pencil to the front endpaper: "Bournville School of Art 1930, M. Laud[?], Oct / '30". Illustrated with 24 tipped-in colour plates (with captioned tissue-guards), 12 full-page tinted illustrations, and numerous black and white in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 549pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with fading to the spine and some minor scuffs to the raised bands. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. An appealing copy of Arthur Rackham's edition of 'The Ingoldsby Legends', splendidly bound in the Arts and Crafts Movement style by a student or teacher at the Bournville School of Art, Birmingham. The grand hall which housed the Bournville School of Art was the first public building in Bournville, the model village founded by the Cadbury family. In line with typical Arts and Crafts Movement ideals, and with a specific aim to further the ideas and principles of John Ruskin, the school was originally conceived as a social centre for the village, offering a practical and artistic education for the community. It became more formalised as a 'School of Arts and Crafts' in 1911, later becoming an art college in the 1920s. As a city, Birmingham served as an important centre of the Arts and Crafts movement, with the 'Birmingham Group' of artist-craftsmen cultivating their own distinct style. Predominantly based around the Birmingham School of Art and the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, the leading figures of the group included Joseph Southall, Arthur and Georgie Gaskin, Bernard Sleigh, Maxwell Armfield, and Charles Gere. An uncommon example of a bookbinding emanating from the dynamic atmosphere of Birmingham's Arts and Crafts Movement.