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Arts and Crafts Essays (Version 2)

Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

Read by Amanda Leung, Cynthia Malone, CBilson, BettyB, Gloria Loughry, twomustangs, Claudia Caldi, Larry Wilson, Seraphina, marisad6, nighthawks, Clare Gramlich, Margaret Sales and KevinS · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (7:02)
Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft (23:02)
Textiles (19:00)
Of Decorative Painting and Design (12:08)
Of Wall Papers (9:11)
Fictiles (5:46)
Metal Work (10:31)
Stone and Wood Carving (7:30)
Furniture (8:03)
Stained Glass (8:30)
Table Glass (4:01)
Printing (24:56)
Bookbinding (14:15)
Of Mural Painting (10:30)
Of Sgraffito Work (12:11)
Of Stucco and Gesso (12:09)
Of Cast Iron (11:50)
Of Dyeing as an Art (16:44)
Of Embroidery (11:21)
Of Lace (12:59)
Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration (11:40)
Of Designs and Working Drawings (11:22)
Furniture and the Room (12:33)
Of the Room and Furniture (14:49)
The English Tradition (12:53)
Carpenters' Furniture (8:23)
Of Decorated Furniture (12:40)
Of Carving (9:08)
Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work (14:55)
Woods and other Materials (9:15)
Of Modern Embroidery (9:32)
Of Materials (10:15)
Colour (10:25)
Stitches and Mechanism (14:05)
Design (9:49)
On Designing for the Art of Embroidery (6:49)