Arts and Crafts

A reaction against industry's cheap ornament: honest craftsmanship, nature's patterns and beautiful everyday things.

William Morris and his friends in England wanted to restore craftsmanship and make the home beautiful. Morris & Co. made wallpapers, fabrics and furniture.

The ideas spread across Europe and North America. In Sweden they influenced Carl and Karin Larsson, and Ellen Key's book Beauty for All (1899) turned them into a programme.

Visible craftsmanship: tenons, wedges and hammered metal

Patterns of flowers, birds and leaves

Oak and other native woods

Simple, sturdy forms

• Red House
• Trellis
• Daisy
• Sussex chair
• Morris chair
• Fruit (Pomegranate)
• Green Dining Room, South Kensington
• Kelmscott Manor
• Jasmine
• Larkspur
• Marigold
• Acanthus
• Pimpernel
• Strawberry Thief
• Wandle
• Woodpecker tapestry
• Willow Bough
• Lustre dish by William De Morgan
• The Peacock Garden
• Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn
• Munstead Wood
• Bachelor’s Button
• Dursley Pedersen
• Beggarstaffs posters
• Table lamp by W. A. S. Benson
• Wallpaper by Charles Voysey
• Kelmscott Chaucer
• Woven textile by C. F. A. Voysey
• Bowl from the Guild of Handicraft
• Weaving by Karin Larsson
• Peacock brooch by C. R. Ashbee
• Doves Type
• Allotment garden
• Sideboard by Gustav Stickley
• Cabinet by Ernest Gimson