By Dayna Woolbright
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris
The words of William Morris seemed to be an appropriate introduction to a blog focusing on the Arts and Crafts movement. My inspiration for this topic came from crates 17 and 18 which contained a beautiful collection of Arts and Crafts furniture which came into the Norwich social history collection in 1995 as a bequest from a Mr D.W Harvey of Norwich. The collection contained 22 objects and records state that much of the furniture was made by the donor’s father in the early 1900’s when the Arts and Crafts movement was at the height of its popularity.
Beginning in Britain around 1870 the Arts and crafts movement was the result of a reaction to…
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