Arts & Crafts Design

Arts & Crafts Design

Author: William H. Varnum

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 1995-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780879056995

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Originally published in 1916 when the Arts & Crafts movement was in its heyday, this is a virtual textbook of materials, color, techniques, and designs. Arts & Crafts Design is a practical guide to the creation of high-quality, high-style furnishings through the industrial arts. "In this relativistic age in which de gustilrie non disputandum est (it is undisputed that each person has their own sense of taste), it is refreshing to look back to the early twentieth century when at least a few people were certain that there are universal rules for good art and also that they had themselves mastered these precepts and could pass them on to a society that loved commonly held values. William H. Varnum was one of those people. He offers here a textbook that will, if followed, allow students to 'directly apply well-recognized principles of design to specific materials and problems.' No situation esthetics here. In fact, he followed these principles in designing the logos representing his tools and ratio system on the cover of his book. "The publisher of this new edition has added a useful foreword and substitued the title Arts and Crafts Design for the original (1916) Industrial Arts Design, an appropriate modification since the term "industrial" suggests factory production whereas Varnum referred to objects that today we call "Craftsman"--Rookwood pottery, Stickley furniture, Jarvie candlesticks, etc. A delightful touch is that Varnum included pictures of these objects alongside the principles by which he believed they were designed. Varnum's book offers an enlightening, if somewhat technical, insight into thinking about design before World War I. There is no doubt that the Arts and Crafts period during which the principles of simple beauty married so neatly with function can be better understood and appreciated today through Varnum's perceptions." Robert Winter


Arts and Crafts Stencilling

Arts and Crafts Stencilling

Author: W. G. Sutherland

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781423615583

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Arts & Crafts Stencilling is the perfect companion for a bungalow update or for a contemporary Arts & Crafts-style home.


In the Arts and Crafts Style

In the Arts and Crafts Style

Author: Barbara Mayer

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 1992-10

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0811802027

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Each chapter of this book examines a different facet of this aesthetic, beginning with its European origins and proceeding to American classics, including California's Mission style. The book highlights the work of such influential designers as Gustav Stickley, L & J.G. Stickley, Charles Voysey, Greene & Greene, George Ohr, Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles Rohlfs, among others, and features Arts and Crafts standards, such as the Morris chair, the Stickley settle, the Tiffany lamp, and the Fulper bowl, all displayed in a variety of contemporary interiors.


Stenciling the Arts & Crafts Home

Stenciling the Arts & Crafts Home

Author: Amy A. Miller

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781586854393

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Stenciling the Arts & Crafts Home by stencil guru Amy Miller is a complete guide on how to create and use Arts & Crafts stencils to create authentic d cor in craftsman-style homes.


Stickley Style

Stickley Style

Author: David M. Cathers

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-10-05

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0684856034

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An Archetype Press book.


Arts and Crafts Patterns and Designs

Arts and Crafts Patterns and Designs

Author: Phoebe Ann Erb

Publisher:

Published: 2004-09-01

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9780880451567

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Designs culled from the Arts and Crafts movement in America and England as well as a few from France, Italy and elsewhere from the late 19th century to the 1920s.


Arts & Crafts Furniture

Arts & Crafts Furniture

Author: Kevin P. Rodel

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781561583591

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From William Morris and the roots of the Arts & Crafts movement, through Gustav Stickley, the Prairie School, and including contemporary pieces, this book celebrates the classic furniture--and the master craftsmen who made it. 500 photos.