Evolution of Arts & Crafts Styles incl. Types Makers Settings / Illustrated Book

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IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
by Barbara Mayer, Chronicle Books, CA, 1993.
Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, this scholarly book pictures and describes Arts & Crafts furniture, pottery, metal ware, lighting and more.  The Text covers by chapter:  Influences and Innovations (English Roots – A New Aesthetic); Hallmarks of the Styles (Attention to Detail – The Character of the Home: Then and Now; Furniture (Arts and Crafts Classics – Collector’s Choice); Objects and Accents (The Crafted Home – Details of Design); Case Studies (Tradition Meets Innovation – An Architect’s Dream – Stickley Sophisticates – Farmhouse Craftsman – California Craftsman – American Gothic – Twentieth Century Retrospective – Hollywood Hacienda – Collective Consciousness).  This book looks at the evolution of design and the makers and designers who fostered the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Oversize 9.7” x 11.3” hardback with dust cover in good condition.  224 pages.
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