... around the 1870's and 80's mainly in England. It later filtered into Ireland, the United States and continental Europe. It is not a movement of artists but of architects, jewellery makers, ceramicists and as a whole craftsmen. It was an attempt to reunite the artist and the craftsman. At the time industrialisation was in full swing and many household objects were being made in factories by machines. Art had gotten to the stage where it was experiencing the decorative excesses of the nineteenth century and works became a mismatch of styles resulting in them being overly flamboyant and vulgar1. The Arts and Crafts movement cannot be isolated to one specific style as it can be 'exotic and precious' or 'homely and plain', however, there must be evidence of hand craftsmanship2. The movement served to raise the status of furniture, textiles, metalwork and ceramics from household items to works of art. ...

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