The Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th century in England, inspired by William Morris, is well-known, but its presence in Australia has been largely overlooked.
In this ground-breaking and scholarly study of the Australian Arts and Crafts Movement Dr Miley reveals a network of influences and practitioners in Victoria who were well-versed in the British and American movements, and who created a distinctively Australian expression of its principles.
This included an emphasis on the us.
St Lawrence Press The arts among the handicrafts: the arts and crafts movement in victoria 1889-1929, paperback/caroline miley
