"The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920

1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth xiv, 410 pp. 223 color, 225 bw plates. VG/VG. Item #11469.1
ISBN: 0878462783

Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 188 works with four lengthy essays: by Wendy Kaplan, "The Lamp of British Precedent: An Introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement" and "Spreading the Crafts: The Role of the Schools"; by Eileen Boris, "'Dreams of Brotherhood and Beauty': The Social Ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement"; and by Cheryl Robertson, "House and Home in the Arts and Crafts Era: Reforms for Simpler Living"; and an index. This is the scarce first edition of this landmark study.

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