Textiles & Wallpaper Arts & Crafts

The emergence of the artist-craftsman

The Arts and Crafts movement was born in the United Kingdom in 1860. Against the backdrop of industrial growth, society was changing. Progress both excited and worried people. John Ruskin, a writer passionate about the medieval and Gothic periods, and William Morris, a furniture and decorative object maker, publisher, and printer, joined forces in a fervent defense of craftsmanship against the standardization brought about by industrial design.

Their shared vision led to the creation of the Arts and Crafts movement, placing craftsmanship and individual creativity at the heart of artistic creation. Above all, it foreshadowed design, bringing beauty into the realm of function, and also paved the way for the Viennese Secessionist movement, Modern Style, and its French and Belgian counterpart, Art Nouveau. Later, its influence would be seen in the Bauhaus.

The Arts and Crafts movement is one of our major influences.