Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
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.
Find antique Arts and Crafts chairs, tables, cabinets and other authentic period furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Early 1900 Hand-Carved and Stylized Dogs Playing Fetch Sculptures, Pair Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Go fetch!!
These wonderfully stylized dog sculptures truly display the energy and joy of dogs when they have just fetched an object. They can't wait for you to take the stick or bal...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Arts & Crafts/Secessionist Clock with Female Figures by Roman Bronze Works
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare if not unique, this extraordinary timepiece may be the only sculpture-cum-clock ever cast by the Roman Bronze Works, America's premier bron...
Category
1910s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A J Seward of Birmingham Arts and Crafts Hammered Electro-Plated Double Inkstand
Located in London, GB
Arthur John Seward of Birmingham.
An Arts and Crafts hammered electro-plated double inkstand, stamped mark.
Category
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
EPNS
Arts and Crafts Riveted Pot
Located in Greenwich, CT
Arts and Crafts period hanging pear shaped pot with hand riveted seams, beaten surface and great color.
Category
1890s European Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Italian Photo Frame Enamel Blue and Silver , Laura G Heart Blue
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Laura G Heart Blue is a small gilt photo frame fully handcrafted , a perfect gift for every occasion. Each one of us wants to express love in a gift...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Arts & Crafts Coffer /Jewelry Box
Located in NYC, NY
A beautifully crafted coffer / jewelry box with metal strapwork set with Jade cabochons on top of leather, velvet lined.
Inside dimensions: 6.5" x 11.5" x 2.5" tall
Ex: Bonhams...
Category
19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Arts and Crafts Art Deco Sand Jar - Dusky Pink Glaze
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Sand Jar - Dusky Pink Glaze. California School large floor / oil. One side shows a slip in the glaze, this is original to the piece , and not consider...
Category
1930s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Rare Top Quality Expressive Bronze Capricorn, Ibex Sculpture Statue Early 1900s
Located in Lisse, NL
Artistic quality bronze sculpture with overdone features.
There must be collectors out there who immediately know the name of the artist who created this wonderful and rare style wo...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Mario Torres Wicker Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing and macabre life size midcentury Mario Torres woven wicker sculpture of a woman in Edwardian attire. Having copper flowers and metal feathers on her hat and skeletal hands, o...
Category
20th Century Mexican Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed
Italian Photo Frame in Golden Brass Laura G Heart Gold
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Laura G Heart Gold is a small photo frame and it is a perfect gift for every occasion. It is part of collection Art with Heart photo frames design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Gold Plate
Pair of Antique Tyrolean Terracotta Busts of a Bavarian Man and Woman
Located in London, GB
These charming antique busts originate from the western Austrian state of Tyrol, which sits on the border of Bavaria in Germany. The pair are modelled as a Bavarian woodsman and his ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lidded Antique Vases
Located in London, GB
Of patinated bronze with gilt bronze highlights, each on a square base, the ovoid bodies decorated with ears of corn, signed 'A. Erdmann'.
These impressive antique German vases...
Category
19th Century German Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
George Gebelein Boston Arts & Crafts Hand-Hammered Copper and Silver Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An fine, diminutive, period bowl by the Boston Arts and Crafts Metalsmith - George Gebelein.
Comprised of hand-hammered silver and copper in the traditional Paul Revere form - an in...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Copper
Italian Tiche porcelain horse and carriage group
Located in London, GB
Modelled as four horses drawing a florally decorated carriage with a coachman seated at the front and a lady inside, with blue Tiche mark to centre of rear axle.
This stately horse and carriage...
Category
20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Arts & Crafts Silver Plated Candle Sticks with Semi Precious Cabochons
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of tall Arts & Crafts silver plated candle sticks with semi-precious cabochons to the stem and to the central knop decora...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Hand-Thrown and Banded Art Pottery Vessel by Randy Webb
Located in Big Flats, NY
Mid-Century Modern hand-thrown vessel features avocado green and chocolate glazing with high gloss finish, banded cylindrical form with footed base, signed, mid-20th century
Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Randy Webb Collection of the Call Museum of Hartsville, New York, 2017
Measures - 5.75" H x 2.5" OP, 3" BS x 4" @ W
*Full collection as photographed; pieces listed separately*
BIOGRAPHY
Randy was born in 1913 and died in 1997. He obtained his MFA, Master's of Fine Art, at Alfred University in 1937 and was Instructor of Industrial Design 1949-1951, and Instructor in Pottery 1951-1956. Randy was nationally known for his paintings and ceramics, named the nation's CERAMIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR IN 1949 BY NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE. His career was dedicated to art and the creation of the Hartsville Museum.
Contemporaries include Ted Randall and Val Cushing...
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Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Arts & Crafts Muscular Males Bronze Floor Lamp w. 3 Atlas Style Pose Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and rare Art Deco / Jugendstil floor lamp with cast bronze atlas style pose Male sculptures.
This impressive and highly decorative floor lamp dates from 1910-1920.
It has ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Basket with Glass Liner
By Brown & Ward
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arts & Crafts style basket with a removable glass liner. A lattice pattern around the entire body as well as handle. In the center a hand engraved monogram...
Category
1940s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Greber Pair of French Art Pottery Green Leaf Dishes, circa 1899-1933
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A pair of French Greber art pottery dishes modeled as leaves, the stems forming handles decorated in green and brown glazes with Fine surface veining. Made in Beauvais and probably b...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Bronze Arts and Crafts Clover Candlestick, Jessie Preston
By Jessie Preston
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large bronze arts and crafts clover candlestick by Jessie Preston, Chicago. Retains original patina. Excellent condition. Measures: 15.5" high x 6.5" wide, Early 20th Century, USA. I...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Arts & Crafts Pinder Bourne Floral Charger Signed circa 1886
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An Arts & Crafts Pinder Bourne Pottery wall charger hand-painted with autumnal flowering shrubs on a mottled blue/green ground. This Fine earthenware charger is of rounded shape with...
Category
1880s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
American Arts & Crafts Sculpture of a Pelican, Circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
The unknown sculptor of this fine, gilded-mahogany pelican appears to have been influenced by the turn-of-the-century Symbolist movement in Europe. The breast feathers are subtly car...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Impressive Antique Female Nude Amazon Sculpture w. Draped Big Cat / Tiger Skin
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare early 20th century sculpture.
This beautifully carved female Amazon has a wonderful patina and the lifelike pose and shape make it even more impressive. The skin of the hunted 'big cat' is draped around her naked body like a dress and she wears and uses the head like a hood(y).
This J...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century Arts & Crafts Movement Copper Table Chest Box
Located in New York, NY
Large copper table chest or box from the English Arts & Crafts Movement that features curvilinear protrusions on each side, as well as a decorative ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Fabulous Pair of Large Wrought-Iron Sconces, France, Late 1800s
By Eugène Emmanuel Viollet Le Duc
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Stunning pair of unusual mural candleholders in heavy hand-wrought iron with a lovely Verdigris patina. Each candleholder holds four candles.
Category
19th Century French Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
German Early Modern Arts & Crafts Water Can Attributed Richard Riemerschmid
Located in New York, NY
Rare and unique handmade copper and bronze water can from the Arts & Crafts period in Central Europe.
References: Wiener Werkstatte, Viennese Workshops. Bauhaus.
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Bronze
Belgian Arts & Crafts Hublet Beige Porcelain Vase
By S. Hublet
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Arts & Crafts glazed beige porcelain vase with cover having an open black finial and trimmed with black decoration and various heads (signed: S HUBLET, marked 213D)
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Ruskin Arts & Crafts Fine Eggshell Lilac Lustre Glazed Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Ruskin Arts & Crafts art pottery eggshell bowl decorated with lilac lustre glazes by renowned potter William Howson Taylor (British, 1876 – 1935) dating from the first ha...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Tiffany Studios Graduate Pattern Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Blotter
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze Graduate pattern blotter ends, with a custom brown leather desk blotter.
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the under...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Early Bohemian Pair of Crackle Glass Aquatic Enamelled Vases c1885
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Iconic early Moser Crackle glass pair of vases in deep sea green colour heavily and finely enamelled with a classic aquatic scene including various types of seaweed mostly in purples...
Category
1880s Czech Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Rookwood 1833 Vintage Pottery Limoges Orange Chrysanthemum Jardiniere Fry
Located in East Peoria, IL
Rookwood 1833 Vintage Pottery Limoges Orange Chrysanthemum Jardiniere Fry
Massive, museum quality limoges glaze bulbous jardiniere, hand painted with white chrysanthemum flowers and gold accents by Laura Fry in 1883.
Excellent condition. Professional restoration to a small pinkie nail sized glaze flake near the base. Harmless and no other chips, cracks, damage or repair of any kind.
Bottom marked Rookwood 1833, has an original Rookwood Pottery 100th Anniversary sticker from the Jordan Volpe gallery, CPC for Cincinnati Pottery...
Category
1830s Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Rookwood 1925 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Ceramic Flower Vase 977 (Hurley)
Located in East Peoria, IL
Rookwood 1925 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Ceramic Flower Vase 977 (Hurley)
Tall and rare carved vellum hand painted vase with a beautiful water lilies in water design by Edward Hurley...
Category
1920s Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Newcomb College 1913 Arts and Crafts Pottery Cherokee Rose Blue Bowl Irvine
Located in East Peoria, IL
Newcomb College 1913 Arts and Crafts Pottery Cherokee Rose Blue Bowl Irvine
Nicely decorated bowl with a wonderful Cherokee rose design by Sadie Irvine in 1913.
Superior artwork wi...
Category
1910s Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Van Briggle 1904 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Olive Green Ceramic Vase 164
By Van Briggle
Located in East Peoria, IL
Van Briggle 1904 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Olive Green Ceramic Vase 164
Stunning arts and crafts vase covered in an wonderful organic dark and light olive green over a stylized...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Rookwood 1912 Art Pottery Decorated Green Vellum Scenic Brown Vase 1663D Asbury
Located in East Peoria, IL
Rookwood 1912 Art Pottery Decorated Green Vellum Scenic Brown Vase 1663D Asbury
Rare and stunning green vellum hand painted vase with a scenic landscape by Lenore Asbury in 1912.
W...
Category
1910s Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Antique Arts & Crafts Rookwood Matt Glazed Art Pottery Vase C1923
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts vase by Rookwood offers matt glazed art pottery construction with stylized Greek Key and swirl elements, signed on base as photographed, c1923
Measures- 6...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Bronze Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze Graduate pattern desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box with verdigris green patina
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Bronze Pen Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze Graduate pattern desk pen tray with verdigris green patina
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 8.75"...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Arts & Crafts Antique Sterling Silver Box, Guild Of Handicrafts, 1903
By Fleetwood Varley, The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1903 by Guild of Handicrafts, this very attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Box, features an enamelled plaque on th...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey 1895 London Desk Travel Clock in .925 Sterling Silver with Lapis Lazuli
Located in Miami, FL
Desk clock designed by Asprey of London.
A gorgeous and imposing antique desk travel clock, created in London England by Charles & George Asprey i...
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Sterling Silver
Durant Kilns Leon Volkmar Tall Vase Egyptian Faience Glaze, Arts and Crafts
By Leon Volkmar
Located in Mobile, AL
Leon Volkmar established Durant Kilns in Bedford Village Westchester County New York in 1910. His experiments led to his version of an Egyptian Faie...
Category
1910s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Roycroft Hammered Copper Vase, Arts and Crafts Movement, Brown Patina
By Roycroft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice elegant shape with flower petals like riffles at top, rare shape for the Roycroft style.
Category
1930s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Sea Green Rookwood Style American Arts & Crafts Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
American Arts & Crafts,
Sea green Rookwood style
Vase mounted as a lamp.
Finely painted with two ducks
swimming and diving under a canopy, with bright cobalt
streaks chang...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Archibald Knox Centerpiece tudric pewter handled dish
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare Liberty & Co fruit bowl , centerpiece or jardiniere designed by Archibald Knox - fully stamped on base with Liberty marks and shape no. 0755. Circa 1905. Illustrated in new Stephen Martin book on Archibald Knox. Also illustrated in the Arts & Crafts Metalwork exhibition catalog held at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House in the lake District (exh 99) page 25...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Antique Polychromed Amphora Pottery Vase with Wild Cat Carved in Relief c1910
By Amphora
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts vase offers Amphora pottery construction with a wild cat in countryside setting carved in relief, polychromed band with enameled stylized foliate elements, m...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Stunning Naturalistic Arts & Crafts Design Centrepiece Bowl, Connell 1924
By Connell
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1924 by Connell, this wonderful Sterling Silver Bowl on Stand, is in the Arts & Crafts taste with naturalistic decoration throughout, and standing on a wo...
Category
1920s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Tall Nashua Brass Art & Crafts Turned Brass Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall Art & Crafts style brass turned candlesticks with wide circular bases designed by Nashua Brass Co. (ca. 1920s, USA).
Original, unpolished condition with rich patina / age-consi...
Category
1920s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Khabia Freckles Terracotta Jar Made of Clay, Handcrafted by the Potter Raja
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handbuilt freckles terracotta jar
- made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings.
- made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Raja.
Approximate measurements: 8...
Category
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Clay
Tall Clay Jar from Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
A tall clay jar or amphora, handcrafted in Indonesia, contemporary. Solid earthenware with rough ribbed finish, coated in brown glaze. Can be used as a decorative element or as a pla...
Category
Early 2000s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Large Hand-Carved Teak Wood Bowl/ Planter Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large teak wood bowl from Indonesia in a dark finish. Hand-carved from a single piece of solid wood, the natural shapes and forms of the wood have been preserved to give this bowl ...
Category
1990s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Early 20th Century Plaster Bust
Located in Berlin, DE
This plaster bust of was made in the early 20th century. It was probably made by Karl Koch in 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Wall Clock
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An unique wall clock with an enameled elongated rectangular face, off-center dials and square hour markers.
Category
1960s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Steel
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