A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscious cultivation of art and the attempt to interest the public in it which the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society has set itself to help, by calling special attention to that really most important side of art, the decoration of utilities by furnishing them with genuine artistic finish in place of trade finish." The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was formed in London in 1887 to promote the exhibition of decorative arts alongside fine arts. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer
PrefaceOn the Revival of Design and handicraft: with Notes on the Work fo the Arts and Crafts Exhibition SocietyTextilesOf Decorative Painting and DesignOf Wall PapersFictilesMetal WorkStone and Wood CarvingFurnitureStained GlassTable GlassPrintingBookbindingOf Mural PaintingOf Sgraffito WorkOf Stucco and GessoOf Cast IronOf Dyeing as an ArtOf EmbroideryOf LaceOf Book Illustration and Book DecorationOf Designs and Working DrawingsFurniture and the RoomOf the Room and FurnitureThe English TraditionCarpenter's FurnitureOf Decorated FurnitureOf CarvingIntarsia and Inlaid Wood-WorkWoods and Other MaterialsOf Modern EmbroideryOf MaterialsColourStitches and MechanismDesignOn Designing for the Art of Embroidery
