The Arts & Crafts Movement in Great Britain 1850-1915 - Museums

Visiting Newlyn

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Penlee House Art Gallery

This Public Gallery and Museum in Penzance is a centre of expertise and leadership in the conservation and display of original pieces from the Newlyn Arts and Crafts movement. As well as being the source of energy in the organisation of exhibitions on the Newlyn School of Painters, museum staff have also considerable knowledge and expertise in Newlyn Copper and artefacts from the Newlyn School. The Museum is the guardian of a very important collection of Newlyn copper, including spectacular pieces by John Mackenzie and by John Pearson and there are plans to make photographs of the collection available on the CHAIN website organised by Museums in Cornwall. The museum also has examples of Hale copper, and other items from the Newlyn School which include Enamel and Crysede silk.

Newlyn Art Gallery

If you drive from Penzance to Newlyn make sure you look left to see the Newlyn Art Gallery originally named the Passmore Edwards Gallery. This gallery holds the most remarkable pieces of Newlyn work which are on show to the public these are the four copper plaques mounted in the external wall. Facing the road from Penzance to Newlyn . The Plaques, designed by J.D. Mackenzie and made by Philip Hodder in 1895 depicting Earth Air Fire and Water must surely be amongst the largest pieces of work to have been made. It is rather sad to see the finer details of their beauty has been lost somewhat due to their exposure to the weather, but efforts are being made to establish how they may be preserved.

Newlyn Contacts.

Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall TR 18 4HE. 44(0)1736 363625 www.penleehouse.org.uk k

Newlyn Reading

Newlyn Copper Arts and Crafts Copperwork in Newlyn. Daryl Bennett and Colin Pill 2008 Sansom

Cornish Art Metalwork. Colin Pill 2012. Sansom

Arts and Crafts in Newlyn. 1890 to 1930. Hazel Berriman. Published by Newlyn Orion. Newlyn Art Gallery. Penzance. Currently out of print.

Newlyn Copper. John Curnow Laity. Catalogue to accompany Newlyn Exhibition at Penlee House. 1986. Published Morrab Studio 1998 2nd Ed.

Never Sit Idle. Charles Eustace and his brother John. Neglected Cornish Copper Craftsmen. David Kirk and Tony Sanders. Produced by Tony Sanders Penzance Gallery copies available

See also item on Newlyn in by Jude Clarke in Collector Cafe www.collectorcafe.com/article_archive_list.asp?article=410

Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture MoDA

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Based at Middlesex University in London, this museum holds the Silver Studio collection, collections of wallpapers and architectural reference material. The museum presents talks and tours on the theme of interior design Exhibitions in 2001 included Decoration on the Home 1900 to 1960 and The Silver Studio Then and Now . A Design Practice at work. There are also study days on specific themes around design and research facilities.

The Silver Studio Collection is the archive of the commercial design practice established by Arthur Silver a fabric designer. The Silver Studio was responsible for some of the most characteristic and successful fabric designs for Liberty and Co, including the famous Peacock Feathers design Ianthe. When Arthur Silver died in 1898 his son Rex Silver took over and was responsible for some of the designs for Libertys Cymric and Tudric ware. Fabric designs were also produced for the company by Harry Napper.

To check visiting times and for further information see the website below

http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/home

The Victoria & Albert Museum

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Perhaps the largest collection of furniture and artefacts from the Arts and Crafts movement is that held by the V & A in London. As well as the William Morris room and the Frank Lloyd Wright room, there is the new British Gallery which holds excellent examples of furniture by major designers including Ashbee, Godwin, Mackintosh, Walton, and Liberty & Co. There are also fabrics and many other items of decorative art. The library is also a probably the best resource in the country for those researching the Arts and Crafts movement you can check their online catalogue to see the range of items and to search for individual books or catalogues, see the National Art Library.

National Art Library

Victoria and Albert Museum

The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow.

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The Gallery's internationally important collections illustrate William Morris's life, work and influence There are permanent displays of printed, woven and embroidered fabrics, rugs, carpets, wallpapers, furniture, stained glass and painted tiles designed by Morris himself and by Edward Burne Jones, Philip Webb, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Maddox Brown and others.

The Gallery also has displays of furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass by Morris's followers in the Arts & Crafts Movement, which flourished from the 1880s to the 1920s. Among those represented are Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo and the Century Guild, William De Morgan, May Morris, Ernest Gimson, Sidney Barnsley, George Jack, C. F. A. Voysey, Harry Powell, Selwyn Image, Henry Holiday and Christopher Whall. The collections of applied art are complemented by the Brangwyn Gift of paintings, drawings and prints by the Pre-Raphaelites and other Victorian and later artists, as well as works by Sir Frank Brangwyn himself.

Cannon Hall, Barnsley

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Cannon Hall museum in Barnsley has a small but an excellent collection of furniture metalwork and ceramics. Many of the items were purchased from Liberty and Co by the Curator Brian Murray between 1977 to 1987, who was able to part fund the collection with grants from the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Arts and Crafts collection is part of a much larger collection which included militaria, paintings and furniture from other periods.

The Arts and Crafts collection includes Tudric Pewter from Liberty and Co with several pieces by Archibald Knox, a Tudric architectural style clock and a good range of items with Celtic or enamelled decoration including a mirror and a coal box. Ceramics by Martin Brothers and some superb pieces by William De Morgan are also on show.

The small collection of furniture includes pieces by Liberty,William Birch,and Shapland and Petter. Liberty pieces include the Wyclif Chair, the Seigbert table, a Walton settee and a small number of other items considered to be by designed by Punnet and made by William Birch. Not all of the furniture is on display, but there are some superb pieces on view in the North Room. From Shapland and Petter there is a sideboard with repouse copper panel and decorative strap hinges and an outstanding smokers cabinet which is must be one of the finest made by the company. It has a copper panel bearing the inscription

Sublime Tobacco Which From East to West Cheers the Tars Labour and the Turkmans Rest.

This piece will be featured in the forthcoming feature on Shapland and Petter.

Cannon Hall is open to the public on Sundays only. For opening times and contact details please see the website below.

Cannon Hall Museum

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

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The Whitworth Art Gallery and Museum in Manchester was originally intended to be a museum of industrial art and design, partly with the aim of inspiring and improving textile design and production in Manchester. For this reason, Sir Charles Robinson's collection of textiles was purchased for the gallery in 1891. However, as wealthy local collectors began to present gifts of British watercolours and European prints, the emphasis of the collections gradually shifted towards fine art, rather than industrial design and crafts. The gift of a collection of historic wallpapers in 1967 to some extent redressed the overall balance of the collections. Nowadays, although some oil painting and sculpture is represented in the collection (particularly for the modern period), the Gallery sees itself primarily as a specialist centre for the study and display of works on paper and textiles.

Wallpapers. The collection of historic and modern wallpapers is one of the most significant. It includes 168 designs by William Morris, some of which are illustrated on the Whitworth website. Designs by Voysey for Sanderson and samples of originals are included in the collection. Designs by Walter Crane and other Arts and Crafts designers are also included in the collection.

Textiles. The collection of historic and modern textiles is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind outside London. It includes the work of William Morris and other Arts and Crafts designers including Voysey,Lindsay Butterfield, Harry Napper and the Silver Studios. There are 41 items designed by Voysey with carpets designed for Alexander Morton and Co represented. There are also 72 items designed for or manufactured for Liberty and Co.

Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester website.

Brighton Art Gallery

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Brighton Art Gallery. Collection of furniture including pieces by Liberty and Co, Gordon Russell and Charles Voysey.

The Arts and Crafts Collections at Cheltenham.

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Important items of furniture and objects from the British Arts and Crafts Movement are included within the collections held at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum.

Furniture items have a special emphasis on pieces made by members of the Cotswold School at Chipping Camden.

Outstanding and ever growing collection of arts and crafts furniture including major pieces by Lethaby, Ballie Scott, Earnest Gimson , Sidney Barnsley and Edward Barnsley. Catalogues of items with Essays are available.

Objects include pottery, jewellery, metalwork, textiles with pieces from some of the most important designers including C. R. Asbee, Archibald Knox, C.F.A. Voysey,and William De Morgan.

Cheltenham Art gallery and Museum also oganise lectures and special events celebrating the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Welcome Day last year featured an illustrted talk on C.R.Ashbee given by his daughter Felicity Ashbee. To find out more about this years events contact the Information Officer on 01242 237431 or visit their website

Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery: Home Page Arts & Crafts