C R Ashbee, an Arts & Crafts Copper Fireplace Fender with Stylised Floral Design
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft. Chipping Camden.
Copper
C R Ashbee. An Arts and Crafts rush seat ladder back armchair
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee. An Arts and Crafts rush seat ladder back armchair with arms that follow down through to the side stretchers.
Rush
Guild of Handicraft, attri. Pair of silver-plated vegetable dishes. C. R. Ashbee
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
For the design, see C. R. Ashbee, Modern English Silverwork, London, 1909, pl.44.
Silver Plate
C R Ashbee, Attributed Arts & Craft Cast Iron Fireplace with Eight Kissing Doves
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee, attributed. An Arts & Crafts cast iron fireplace, central circular mirror with stylised copper frame overlooked by twin kissing doves with display areas above their heads...
Iron
C R Ashbee. Made by The Guild of Handicrafts. An Arts and Crafts Copper chalice.
By Charles Robert Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee. Made by The Guild of Handicrafts. An Arts and Crafts Copper chalice.
Copper
C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft. A rare Arts and Crafts oak armchair
By The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft. A rare Arts and Crafts oak armchair with larger proportions than usual.
Oak
C R Ashbee An early pair of Arts & Crafts hand wrought iron & copper fire dogs.
By Charles Robert Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft, attributed.
Wrought Iron
C R Ashbee GOH. A Rare Pair of Arts & Crafts Hand-Crafted Hammered Silver Salts.
By Charles Robert Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for the guild of handicraft. A rare pair of Arts & Crafts silver salt bowls with roll-over rims and dot decoration to the bowl edges stood on four ball feet on a flaring b...
Silver
C. R. Ashbee Arts & Crafts Falkirk cast iron fireplace insert fire grate.
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rare cast iron Arts & Crafts fireplace insert or grate designed by Charles Robert Ashbees and cast at the Falkirk Iron Co. In 1897 Ashbee produced six fireplace designs for the Fal...
Iron
C R Ashbee attr. An Arts & Crafts oak ladder back armchair with re-rushed seat
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
Charles Robert Ashbee (attributed) for the Guild of Handicraft. An oak ladder back armchair with a professionally re-rushed seat. Seat Height: 43 cm; Arm Height: 68 cm
Oak, Rush
C R Ashbee attr. An Arts & Crafts oak ladder back armchair with re-rushed seat
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
Charles Robert Ashbee (attributed) for the Guild of Handicraft. An oak ladder back armchair with a professionally re-rushed seat. Seat Height: 43 cm Arm Height: 68 cm
Rush, Oak
CR Ashbee Guild of Handicrafts Set of Four Silver Plated Meat Covers & One Other
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee and made by the Guild of Handicrafts.
Silver Plate
Antique English Carved Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This antique English carved oak fire mantel was originally from Cheney Walk, a house designed by C R Ashbee, who was a prominent designer and architect during the Arts and Crafts Per...
Oak, Wood
The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
THE ESSEX HOUSE PRESS, established by Laurence Hodson and C. R. Ashbee in connection with the Guild of Handicraft in 1898, was something more of a communal than a personal affair, ye...
Paper
Edgar Gilstrap Simpson ARTS & CRAFTS INKWELL, RUSKIN POTTERY LINER C.1900
By Ruskin Pottery
Located in Stourbridge, West Midlands
.): "Simpson worked between 1896-1910 in a simple style, somewhat similar to C.R. Ashbee. His work, some of which was exhibited in 1902 at the Vienna Secession exhibit, often took th...
Copper
Bronze Sculpture, "Europea and The Bull" by Georg Wrba
By Georg Wrba
Located in Montreal, QC
R. Ashbee. An other example is documented in the flat of Mr.
Bronze
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H 0.6 in W 21.86 in D 15.75 in
Arts & Crafts Copper Tray with Repousse work by John Pearson
By John Pearson
Located in Kent, GB
John Pearson was a founding member with C R Ashbee of the Guild of Handicraft before playing a key role in establishing the Newlyn metalwork School in Cornwall.
Copper
Georg Wrba: Europa And The Bull, Vienna Secession, 1900
By Georg Wrba, C. Leyrer
Located in Vienna, AT
H 46 cm (with base), W 29 cm, D 12 cm Shown at: 8th exhibition of the Viennese secession, 1900, situated on top of a cabinet designed by C. R. Ashbee. An other example is document...
Bronze
Rare Arts & Crafts Oak Linen Trunk Attributed to C R Ashbee
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
A rare Arts & Crafts oak linen trunk attributed to C R Ashbee and probably made by the Guild Of Handicraft, with well-executed carved stylized poppy seeds and interlacing leaf details.
Oak
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H 8 in W 64.5 in D 13 in
C R Ashbee, an Arts & Crafts Copper Fireplace Fender with Stylised Floral Design
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft. Chipping Camden.
Copper
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H 17.5 in W 54.25 in D 14.75 in
C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft, Copper and Hand-Wrought Steel Fender
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft attributed, Arts & Crafts fender with thick gage copper overlaid base and overlaid copper floral details to the corners and hand-wrought ...
Copper, Steel
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H 5 in W 5 in L 5 in
Arts and Crafts Peacock Enamel Mounted in a Silver Frame Attributed C R Ashbee
By The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Arts and Crafts peacock enamel mounted in hand beaten silver frame attributed to C R Ashbee and The Guild Of Handicraft, in its original case, the colors are the most vib...
Silver
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H 74.22 in W 70.48 in D 20.67 in
C R Ashbee made by the Guild of Handicraft. A rare oak Arts & Crafts sideboard.
By Charles Robert Ashbee, The Guild of Handicraft
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee made at the Guild of Handicraft. An Arts and Crafts oak sideboard with flaring cornice and display and plate rack shelves below flanked by elongated cupboards to each side...
Oak
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H 1.35 in Dm 3.5 in
C R Ashbee. Pair of Arts & Crafts Silver & Glass Salt Bowls with Original Spoons
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
C R ashbee for the guild of handicraft. An extremely rare pair of Arts & Crafts silver salt bowls with whiplash floral decoration, retaining the original blue glass liners and the o...
Silver
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H 46 in W 19 in D 18 in
C R Ashbee Made By The Guild of Handicraft A Ladder Back Armchair and Side Chair
By Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) made by the guild of handicraft. A stained beech high back ladder back armchair and a single matching side chair. Designed for the dining room of t...
Rush, Beech
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H 11.5 in W 6 in D 2.75 in
Guild of Handicraft Attri, Arts & Crafts Oak Mantel Clock with Inlaid Peacock
By The Guild of Handicraft, Charles Robert Ashbee
Located in London, GB
Guild of Handicraft. C R Ashbee attributed. An Arts & Crafts oak mantel or desk clock with an inlaid walnut and pewter peacock and foliate details around the dial of fruit woods and ...
Pewter
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H 15.75 in Dm 13 in
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft No. 7 Lamp Attributed To Arthur Dixon, Circa 1893
By Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd. 1
Located in London, GB
An example of this lamp was gifted from Arthur Dixon (founder & designer at the Guild) to C.R. Ashbee on his wedding day in 1895, this lamp is now in the V&A Museum.
Brass
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H 30 in W 20 in D 18 in
Set of 4 Josef Hoffmann Cabaret Fledermaus Dining Chairs for Wittmann Austria
By Josef Hoffmann, Wittmann
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
Traveling to England in 1900, Hoffmann with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and visited the workshops of the C.R. Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft. This meeting would have a profound influence...
Fabric, Beech
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H 80.71 in W 44.49 in D 15.75 in
ANTiQUE 1900 ARTS & CRAFTS SHAPLAND AND PETTER HALL COAT GLOVE UMBRELLA STAND
By Shapland & Petter
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Their designs appear to have been created solely by their own internal design staff none of whom appear to have published or registered their work in any other context C. R. Ashbee ...
Copper
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H 5.5 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
Liberty & Co. An Arts and Crafts Silver Plated Muffin Dish, style of CR Ahsbee
By Charles Robert Ashbee, Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts silver plated warming muffin dish in the style of C R Ashbee with green semi-precious stone to the twisted finial.
Silver Plate
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H 32.49 in W 75.4 in D 28.15 in
Exhibition Quality Wylie & Lochhead 1860 Glasgow Chesterfield Brown Leather Sofa
By Wylie & Lochhead
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Where appropriate their designers incorporated work of other artists and craftsmen in their schemes including cushions embroidered by Ann MacBeth, prints by Rossetti, a large Burne-J...
Leather
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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