Mission Arts & Crafts Furniture -Types Makers Dates / Scarce Exhibition Catalog

Description

A collector's item in itself, this scarce out-of-print book accompanied an exhibit at the University of Wisconsin Art Museum, September 17 - October 31, 1993.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES: AMERICAN ARTS ANDCFTS FURNITURE
, UWM Art Museum, Milwaukee, 17 September - 31 October 1993.
This
exhibition
"was assembled to exhibit mission furniture, the simple and
unpretentious
style which was enormously popular in the United States from 1900 to 1916."  Illustrated with approximately 20 black-nd-white photographs, this exhibition highlights the
characteristics
of this
style
furniture.   The scholarly text reviews the evolution of design and the makers who were noted for developing and manufacturing this style.  Makers include Gustav
Stickley
, Harvey Ellis, Roycroft,
Charles
Limbert, the Lakeside Craft Shop and more.
8.5" x 11"
stapled
softback in very good
condition
.  24 pages.
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