Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau
An essential reference for collectors, dealers, scholars, and interior designers.\ \ The furniture designs of William Morris, C. R. Ashbee, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are even more popular and influential today than in their own lifetimes. Other major nineteenth-century figures, such as William Burges and Christopher Dresser, who were once regarded as eccentric outsiders, are accepted now as great designers, and their work is avidly collected.\ \ Jeremy Cooper's survey of this rich and...
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An essential reference for collectors, dealers, scholars, and interior designers.The furniture designs of William Morris, C. R. Ashbee, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are even more popular and influential today than in their own lifetimes. Other major nineteenth-century figures, such as William Burges and Christopher Dresser, who were once regarded as eccentric outsiders, are accepted now as great designers, and their work is avidly collected.Jeremy Cooper's survey of this rich and rewarding chapter in the history of the decorative arts contains an astonishing range of photographs and drawings: nearly seven hundred illustrations, many of them in color, offer a uniquely comprehensive coverage of nineteenth-century furniture, from the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. Every major designer is represented, and the choice of pictures includes a wealth of little-known furniture from private collections. Rare contemporary photographs of Victorian and Edwardian interiors show how the furniture formed part of complete decorative ensembles.Jeremy Cooper, a well-known dealer and an expert in this field, has written extensive commentaries on the illustrations as well as a text that provides the essential background. 683 illustrations, 74 in color.
Preface 7A Matter of Style 9Artists at homeThe taste for the exoticThe Renaissance style Early Victorian revivalsNew materialsA.W.N. Pugin 35From Regency to Reformed GothicPugin furniture Pugin interiorsPugin plagiaristsWilliam Burges 55Burges interiorsBurges furnitureBurges at home Burges's assistantsGeometric Gothic 77The 'Muscular Goths'John Pollard SeddonAlfred Waterhouse 'Hints on Household Taste'Bruce TalbertCharles Bevan Commercial designFrom 'Nankin' to Bedford Park 115Jeckyll and WhistlerEarly Godwin furniture Later Godwin furnitureChristopher Dresser Richard Norman ShawCollinson & LockAesthetic variety Cottier and EdisMorris and Company 153Early 'Morris' furnitureThe 'Rossetti' chairMorris & Co. Philip WebbStained glass, textiles and tiles Later Morris & Co. furnitureStanmore HallThe Arts and Crafts Movement 179The Century GuildC.R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft W.R. Lethaby and Kenton & Co.Ernest Gimson Cotswold craftsmenC.F.A. Voysey Walter Cave, Edwin Lutyens and Frank BrangwynThe 'New Art' 211Mackintosh interiorsScottish furnitureGeorge Walton English 'New Art' furnitureOmega and othersHeal's and Liberty's 235Early Ambrose Heal furniturePre-War Heal's Liberty'sOutside designers at Liberty'sGazetteer ofpublic collections of Victorian and Edwardian furniture 247Bibliography 248Notes on the text 249Location of illustrated furniture and drawings 252Acknowledgments for photographs 253Index 254
