Victorian Design Source BookOriginally published by Phaidon Press in 1989, this book collects together all the design elements of this age. Separate chapters cover each of the artistic disciplines, including architecture, furniture, glass and ceramics, photography, graphics and the fine arts, all seen in the context of developments in industry, materials and techniques. |
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19th century A.W.N. Pugin aesthetic American Archibald Knox architect architecture Art Nouveau art pottery artists Arts and Crafts Birmingham bronze brooch BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS C.F.A. Voysey carved CERAMICS AND GLASS chairs Charles Christopher Dresser Classical coloured COSTUME AND JEWELLERY Crafts Movement decoration diamond E.W. Godwin early enamel England English engraved Europe Exhibition factory fashions firm flowers French FURNITURE AND INTERIORS George George Gilbert Scott gilded glazes gold Gothic revival Grammar of Ornament Henry House illustration included industry influence inspired Japanese John late 19th-century later Liberty's London machine manufacturers medieval metal metalwork mid-19th-century Minton Morris's motifs ornament painted painters panels papier mâché parian Paris patented patterns pewter Philip Webb photograph PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRINTING plate popular porcelain portrait produced Queen railway Renaissance Rococo sculptor Sèvres SILVER AND METALWORK stained glass taste technique Thomas tiles TRANSPORT AND INVENTION vase Victorian period Voysey wallpaper wares William Burges William Morris