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An authoritative and insightful examine, surveying the existence and paintings of “the best of the English artist-craftsmen”

This examine of the well known fashion designer-maker Ernest Gimson (1864–1919) combines biography with research of his paintings as an architect and fashion designer of furnishings, metalwork, plaster ornament, embroidery, and extra. It additionally examines Gimson’s importance throughout the Arts and Crafts Motion, tracing the entire arc of his ingenious occupation, concepts, and legacy. Gimson labored in London within the Eighteen Eighties, becoming a member of the circle round William Morris on the Artwork Staff’ Guild and the Society for the Coverage of Historical Homes. He later moved to the Cotswolds, the place he opened workshops and dependent a name for unique taste and excellent high quality. Gimson’s paintings affects designers nowadays and speaks in an instant to ongoing debates concerning the position of craft within the up to date global; this ebook would be the same old reference for future years.