Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Top Quality Arts
Crafts Copper Wall Picture Frame / Mirror w. Embossed Peacock
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality and superb condition, antique copper picture frame with peacock sculptures.
If you are an enthousiast or a collector of t...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Arts and Crafts Window Sashes with 19th Century Botanicals
Located in Pearland, TX
Marvelous old antique top window sashes, salvaged from an arts and crafts home, built in the early 1920's. They retain the original wavy glass. Mounted within are six 19th century cu...
Category
1860s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Rowley Gallery Large Framed Inlay Wood Panel
St Hubert
By W. A. Chase
Located in Petworth, GB
Rowley Gallery framed inlay wood panel
Depicting St Hubert riding through the forest
Designed by William Arthur Chase
Rowley Gallery
Circa 1918
Height 83cm. Width 83cm. Depth...
Category
1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
726 - 19th Century French Textile
Located in Paris, FR
726 - 19th century French textile.
Category
1880s French Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Pilkington
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Crafts large single tile with a tube line painted galleon
Located in London, GB
Pilkington's Tile Works. An Arts and Crafts large single tile with a tube line painted galleon in full sail on a turquoise sea.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Herbert Davis Richter, Pair of Arts
Crafts Oak Pictures in the Original Frames
By H.D. Richter
Located in London, GB
Herbert Davis Richter.
'Greetings'. A Pen and ink wash painting,
and 'Christmas wishes', woodblock, both signed.
A pen and ink of a Pre Raph...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Oak, Fruitwood, Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone
721 - 20th Century French Textile
Located in Paris, FR
721 - 20th century French textile.
Category
1920s French Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
725, Very Beautiful 20th Century Indian Textile Patchwork
Located in Paris, FR
725, very beautiful 20th century Indian textile patchwork.
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Group of 4 Turn of The Century Framed Classical Prints
Located in New York, NY
Four classical prints circa 1900s-1920s each in original wood frame, under glass. These are priced and offered individually but we would love to see t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
the pearls of swine
Located in Milano, IT
the pigs' pearls is one of a kind:
Composition performed with:
Large serving dish white porcelain oval with gold border.
Manufacture: Bavaria
Small serving dish porcelain oval whi...
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Plastic
once upon a time
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
English ceramic plate.
Manufacture: feouers
Porcelain ashtray.
Manufacture: Limonges
Porcelain figurine, plastic toys.
Hanging system via metal ring and c...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Plastic
$473
Keuco Art Industrial Fine Porcelain as Wall Art Nowodworski
By Dietmar Nowodworski
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A unique decorative nice piece of art by Dietmar Nowodworski for Keuco Art. Keuco manufactures fine Industrial porcelain. Artists are engaged to create unique pieces combining their ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Takat, Textile Wall Piece, Unique Piece, Made of Wool and Naturals Dyes
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handspun and handwoven wool, henna, walnut barks dye, oil paint
- 2019
- Unique piece
- Framing by Laetitia Verchere
Dimensions: 13.4 x 11.4 in // 34 x 29 cm.
Category
2010s Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$397 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Painted Plaster Portrait Wall Roundel of a Female
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique painted plaster portrait wall roundel of a female in profile by George Blackall Simonds (signed).
Finished in gold paint and fitted with a wall hook to the reverse, this ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Maw and Co Benthill Works Broseley Salop. A Floreat Salopia tile.
Soldier
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Located in London, GB
Maw and Co Benthill Works Broseley Salop. A Floreat Salopia tile depicting 'The Soldier'. Tiny nick to the edge and some surface scratches.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Arts
Crafts hand worked leather picture in original oak frame
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fine original Arts & Crafts leather picture of a lady with peacock in oak frame circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Miniature Framed Painting Woman with Red Turban
Located in Malmö, SE
Antique hand-painted miniature painting of a Woman wearing Red Turban.
The portrait is hand-painted in Gouache on paper.
Original Brass frame and convex glass cover.
Origin,date :...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
jellyfish
Located in Milano, IT
Medusa is one of a kind:
Composition performed with:
English ceramic plate.
Manufacture: feuers.
Yellow porcelain bowl.
Manufacture: heinrich Bavaria....
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Plastic
$592
Large Arts and Crafts Decorative Copper Fruit Bowl with Etched Flower Motive
Located in London, GB
Large Arts and Crafts hand spun copper dish with floral motive etched deep into the surface. The bowl was designed as a wall decoration as well as a functional bowl or centrepiece. T...
Category
1920s British Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Marie Antoinette
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
Ceramic and porcelain plates, plastic toys, Capodimonte porcelain flowers, and various porcelains.
Hanging system via metal ring and cloth.
When I was a l...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Plastic
$710
brioche
Located in Milano, IT
BRIOCHE is unique piece.
Composition performed with:
Small rectangular white porcelain tray with gold border.
Manufacture: Bavaria
Rectangular white ceramic dish with wavy edge.
Manu...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Plastic
$450
metamorphosis
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
Ceramic Centerpieces braided, white and green.
Manufacture: Anonymous
Green ceramic plate with worked edge.
Manufacture: Anonymous
Mirror, toys and chara...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mirror, Plastic
$473
applause
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
White porcelain large plate with gold border.
Manufacture: Bavaria PMR
White porcelain dessert plate with openwork border.
Manufacture: Bavaria
DWA charac...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Plastic
$414
Original Arts
Crafts Movement Enamel Plaque, Ebonised Frame Elkington
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fine original Arts & Crafts framed enamel plaque signed. "G. Halliday" and attributed to Elkington & Co. The artist & sculptor George Halliday was employed by Elkington & Co in the...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Original Art
Crafts framed embroidey
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Stylish original Arts & Crafts Movement embroidery in ebonised oak frame circa 1900.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
s
uberman
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
Oval serving platter, white ceramic with gold border.
Manufacture: Laveno
Mother-of-pearl color ceramic vase holder with gold decorations.
Manufacture: an...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Plastic
$651
Copper Panel by Wostan
By Stanislas Jasinski
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An organic copper panel by Stanislas Wojcieszynski alias Wostan born 1915-?.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
$5,329
Signed Guido Coletti "Closed Windows" Plexiglas-Framed Mixed-Media Work, 1980s
Located in Manzano, IT
Signed Guido Coletti "Closed Windows" Plexiglas-Framed Mixed-Media Work, 1980s
Transform your space with a daring mixed-media masterpiece by Friulian artist Guido Coletti. Crafted i...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Arthur Wesly Dow Etching "Poplars on the Even River" 1887 (Stickley Era) - W8097
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
Arthur Wesly Dow Etching "Poplars on the Even River" Signed & Dated 1887 - W8097
This is a framed signed etching by Arthur Wesly Dow dated 1887, "Poplars on the Even River" in good ...
Category
1880s American Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$312 Sale Price
20% Off
Tile Plaque with Iron Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive handmade one of a kind Arts and Crafts style tile plaque depicting a western landscape inside a highly decorative hand wrought floral frame. Sig...
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Large Antique Original Paint Amsterdam Hand Carved Wood Sign
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved original paint Amsterdam sign
A very good looking and highly collectable and decorative piece, the paint is original ...
Category
20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
celestial hills
Located in Milano, IT
Composition performed with:
Porcelain serving dish with gold border.
Manufacture:Bavaria H&C Selb Hemrich
Fruit plate.
Manufacture: Bavaria Johann Seltmann
Plastic toys and Capodimon...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Plastic
$532
Arts And Crafts decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Arts and Crafts decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Arts and Crafts decorative art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $995 while the average work can sell for $600.
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