Mon 12 Jan 2009
As Victorians adopted new industrial manufacturing methods as a quick way to pump out affordable replicas of historic designs, the Arts and Crafts movement came to oppose the machine era. Passionate reformers reacted against this Industrial Revolution and encouraged a return to the plain, practical beauty of furnishings crafted by hand. This style came to fruition around 1900 by bringing together traditional handcraft with our love for nature. The resulting style was a powerful and innovative expressions our nation’s unique identity. Today, this pleasant, attractive style has won a whole new generation of supporters.
Some of the movement’s most influenced designs were for Mission style lighting. Nowadays, Arts and Crafts inspired lamps and fixtures catch that craftsmanship for a new age. With their gently semitransparent shades, neat appealing lines and warm glow of art glass, these treasures combine with many other decorating styles, including lodge/rustic and traditional. Its “modern” taste remains fresh and resilient even today, allowing it to move effortlessly between bold, conventional settings and smaller, more modest ones in homes of a number of styles. If the right fixtures are chosen, they will fit well with the overall decor of the home, and they will produce a warm glow at night that is cozy and inviting.
