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Title: Living in the Arts and Crafts Style: A Home Decorating Workbook by Charlotte Kelley, Robin Dawson ISBN: 0-8118-3119-1 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Spiral-bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Useful Concept within its Specified Scope
Comment: This is not a textbook nor a guide to its history or sources. It makes none of these claims. What it claims it succeeds in doing for us: A Workbook for Arts and Crafts lovers or beginners.
We've found that going through books and magazines to find stuff we like in decorating in A&C style is what this great resource provides in neat, organized way!
Great idea starter easy to carry when shopping. Who wants to carry a heavy stack of books with far too many words and few illustrations, except of rooms?
This is more easily accessible for most of us shoppers. We've already used it for art, chairs and found it very resourceful and helpful.
If you're an expert, maybe this has no place. For the consumer that we are, this is great! Depending on your needs and goals, this just might fit well in your A&C library like it has in ours.
Rating: 1
Summary: Full of incorrect facts and typos
Comment: I don't know who was the fact checker or editor for this book, but he should be fired. A brilliant concept, but pathetic execution. There are many better books on this subject. Avoid like the plague. (I'm an Arts and Crafts dealer and collector and the errors I found in two minutes at the bookstore had me laughing to myself.)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great concept, content needs to be improved
Comment: I must agree with the first reviewer of this text. First let me say that this workbook is a decent starting point for those people who are learning about elements of Arts and Crafts style, design and architecture. The layout is addresses a specific aspect of the Arts and Crafts movement (e.g. Wallpaper & Paint, Furniture) and applies it to each room in a house. So far so good...
My problem is there isn't clear identification of resources and craftsman to contact for each of the areas. The photos are great but there isn't identification in a room of who to turn to if you like what you see. The only thing you get is a list at the back of the book for each of the areas covered. In the format of a "workbook" I don't think this is particularly helpful.
Like the previous reviewer I wasn't happy that some of the core Arts and Crafts suppliers weren't highlighted (Bradbury & Bradbury, Motawi Tile, Fulper Tile, etc.)
So as I said, this is a decent starting point but the content is far from comprehensive. I suggest looking at other resources in concert with this workbook to get a better idea what is available.
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Title: In the Arts & Crafts Style by Barbara Mayer, Rob Gray, Elaine Hirschl Ellis ISBN: 0811802027 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Arts and Crafts (Architecture and Design Library) by Kitty Turgeon, Robert Rust ISBN: 156799363X Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Beautiful Necessity: Decorating With Arts and Crafts by Bruce Smith, Yoshiko Yamamoto ISBN: 0879057785 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Inside the Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Interior by Paul Duchscherer, Douglas Keister ISBN: 067087373X Publisher: Penguin Studio Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: The Arts and Crafts Lifestyle and Design by Wendy Hitchmough, Martin Charles ISBN: 0823003140 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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