Arts and Crafts

Alan Acornman Grainger

In 1958 in the Yorkshire village of Bransby, Alan Grainger and his father Alan Grainger senior set up business, Acorn Industries, makers of furniture to the Arts and Crafts tradition. They adopted an acorn as their trade mark, with an acorn...

Archibald Knox

Archibald Knox - A designer for Liberty and Co. Born in the Isle of Man in 1864. Archibald Knox - jewellery, paintings, clocks, pewter, candlesticks. Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Movements.

Benham & Froud

Benham & Froud coppersmith and general metal workers. c1855-1924. In 1785 John Kepp set up as a coppersmith and brazier in Chandos Street, London. They adopted the mark of the orb because they had made the cross on the dome of St Pauls Cathedral in...

Brynmawr Furniture Makers Ltd

Brynmawr Furniture Makers Ltd was set up in Wales by local quakers in the 1920s as an attempt to relieve the severe economic depression. Established as a source of employment for local people in Brynmawr Wales at the Gwalia works. Their furniture...

Christopher Dresser

Christopher Dresser - Arts and Crafts Movement designer Dr Christopher Dresser

Cotswold School

Cotswold School. Craftsman made Arts and Crafts furniture. The Cotswolds became an important centre for the Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th century. The school encouraged the learning of practical skills and valued craftwork. The designs...

Harris Lebus

Harris Lebus - furniture manufacturer, London (1840s-1960s). A very successful family furniture manufacturing business set up by Louis Lebus and his two sons Harris and Solomon in the East end of London. In 1883 it had become the largest...

Heals

Heal's / Heal and Son Ltd. of London are a British department store established in 1810 by John Harris Heal and his son selling a range of furniture, lighting, accessories, home and garden wares. One of their designers was Ambrose Heal. Heal's was...

John Pearson

John Pearson - Arts and Crafts Movement. Metalworker - Copper

Pool of Hayle

J & F Pool of Hayle - Arts and Crafts Metalworkers. Founded by brothers James and Fredrick Pool. Located in Hayle, Cornwall. Their products were made of copper and in the Art Nouveau style. Unlike Newlyn copper which was totally handmade their...

Shapland & Petter | Furniture maker

Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple. Furniture manufacturer in the Arts and Crafts style. Along with their Arts and Crafts range they produced a wide range of other styles including period reproduction. Their pieces were very well made using quality...

W.A.S. Benson

W.A.S. Benson - William Arthur Smith Benson was an English designer active in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Arts and Crafts Lighting and Metalware.

William Morris & Co

William Morris & Co - Arts and Crafts Movement In 1861 William Morris, Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Faulkner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, P. P. Marshall, and Philip Webb founded Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co - a home furnishings...