This is a fully illustrated history of the highly influential Arts and Crafts movement covering:
* The influence of Ruskin, Pugin, Talbert, Eastlake and G.E. Street * The founding of William Morris & Co. in the 1860s until its demise in the early twentieth century * The fruition of the Movement from 1880 to 1910 including the Guilds, the major personalities and their attitude to Art Nouveau * The aftermath into the 1920s and the rise of Modernism
