In England the Arts and Crafts movement was pioneered by William Morris and Jon Ruskin and played a role in the return of well designed, functional furniture and objects made from humble indigenous materials. A group of craftsmen - the Cotswold School - based in central england created handcrafted furniture which explored the grain of local woods.  Furniture of Gustav Stickley, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Roycrofters in US show these ideals in their furniture.  The rise of facism in Europe meant that many talented artisans left their home countries for Britain and the US.

Artists of note included
William Morris - 1834-1896
Philip Webb - 1831-1915
Richard Norman Shaw - 1831-1912
Edward William Godwin - 1833-1886
Walter Crane - 1845-1914
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey - 1857-1941
W R Lethaby - 1857-1931
Charles Ashbee - 1863-1942
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley - 1872-1898
Henry Hobson Richardson - 1838-1886

Notable works and Buildings of this period include:
Webb: The Red House   - Bexleyheath Kent
Morris: Design for Trellis Wallpaper - William Morris Gallery London
Morris, Webb and Dearle: Forest Tapestry   - Victoria and Albert Museum London
Duncan: Awakening Cuchulain mural  - Ramsay Lodge Edinburgh
Dow: Modern Art - Smithsonian American  - Art Museum Washington DC
Voysey: The Orchard  - Chorley Wood Hertfordshire

Key Collections include: