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Arts Decoratifs de Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande
Author: Robert Anning Bell (English, 1863–1933)
Author: Walter Crane (English, 1845–1915)
Author: John Henry Dearle (1860–1932)
Author: May Morris (English, 1862–1938)
Author: William Arthur Smith Benson (English, 1854–1924)
Author: Walter Crane (English, 1845–1915)
Author: John Henry Dearle (1860–1932)
Author: May Morris (English, 1862–1938)
Author: William Arthur Smith Benson (English, 1854–1924)
English (London)
1914
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.2 × 20.6 × 4.6 cm (10 5/16 × 8 1/8 × 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number2019.60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Books
DescriptionAn over 168 page catalogue of the last great exhibition of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. In addition to a 15-page introduction by Walter Crane, this catalogue contains essays (translated into French) by Robert Anning Bell, on sculpture and on mural decoration; Walter Crane on illustration and decoration; Emery Walker on printing; Sydney Cockerell on calligraphy and illumination; Douglas Cockerell on bookbinding, Christopher Whall on stained glass; W.A. Benson on furniture; R.L. Rathbone on metalwork; Henry Wilson on jewelry; J.H. Dearle on fabrics; May Morris on embroidery; Alan S. Cole on lace; William Burton on ceramics; Alfred H. Powell on pottery painting and Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith on Martinware. With tipped in postcard of the exhibition poster designed by Walter Crane.
ProvenanceCharles Harold St. John Hornby (1867-1946), London. By 2018, with LOE Books, Launceston, England; 2018, sold by LOE Books to Charles B. Wood, III, Inc., Cambridge, MA; 2019, sold by Charles Wood to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)