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March 15, 2005
Arts and Crafts Goodies
On March 17 "the Victoria & Albert Museum in London will unveil an ambitious exhibition exploring the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement in its widest international context," sez the Financial Times. "Reproduction Arts and Crafts furniture and works of art, available through both high-end retailers and manufacturers such as Mastercraft or mainstream retailers such as Pottery Barn, have become a multimillion dollar business. Collectors will pay top dollar for first-rate originals, such as the $2m for a table lamp in leaded glass and bronze designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The greatest of the US Arts and Crafts architects and designers took a trend with roots in Victorian England and turned it into America's first indigenous national style.
"Even in Britain, where patriotic collectors are more spoilt for choice and prices are considerably lower, an iconic and probably unique diamond-shaped teapot designed by Christopher Dresser from around 1896 is expected to sell for more than £250,000 when it is offered at auction by Lyon and Turnbull of Edinburgh on April 19."
Check out the museum's web tribute to arts and crafts here.
Posted by Deborah Branscum at March 15, 2005 12:16 PM