Arts and Crafts Movement

The Arts and Crafts Movement

The Arts and Crafts Movement started in Britain in about 1880 and spread throughout Europe, America and Japan through the 1930s. The movement was anti industrial and used traditional craftsmanship and medieval/folk decorations.  It was used i furniture, architecture, wallpaper and more.  Famous artists from the arts and crafts movement included William Morris, Edward Burn-Jones, Charles Robert Ashbee and Gustav Stickley.