Product Description

Influenced by developments in Europe, American proponents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries successfully promoted the "minor arts" as fine art hand-wrought by individual craftsmen, extolling the virtue of everyday objects and a return to honest, simple materials and workmanship. The designs are, perhaps, the closest embodiment there is of "American style". Included are furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, books, drawings and textiles by Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tiffany Studios and many others. This book looks at their work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1446377 in Books
• Published on: 1992-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

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Does a good job of showcasing the Arts & Crafts era treasures of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It is a medium sized well rounded collection that includes most of the big names in the American Arts & Crafts movement. The book does a nice job of providing a context for these decorative pieces. The highlight of the collection is furniture from Greene & Greene's Blacker House. The house, one of Greene & Greene's largest and most complete custom projects (they designed the house, a couple of out buildings, the yard and most of the furnishings), was intended by it's owners to be sold intact and for it's contents to always remain with the house, however this was not honored and the contents are scattered among institutions and private collectors. To add to the indignity, a later purchaser of the home sold off many of the remaining light fixtures.
Other delights of this collection are a wonderful example of the work of Dirk Van Earp and pieces by Charles Rohlfs.
Most collectors already have this book, but if you are just getting started in your appreciation of the Arts & Crafts movement, this book is a good overview.