
Researching Janet: Finding the Story of Arts and Crafts Metalsmith Janet Payne Bowles
by Kate Nixon
March 8th, 2021 - we're re-publishing this archived story to help celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Here's to keeping these stories alive... If you'd like examples of other women artists and craftspeople…

Auctions: A Great Learning Opportunity
There is a great deal of information which can be gleamed from any auction, even if you are not there in person. The upcoming March 14 Fine Art and Furniture auction at Toomey & Co. offers a perfect example of how a collector can…

The Clock Strikes Twelve
by Bruce Johnson
We don’t hear a great deal about the Shop of the Crafters, a unique Arts and Crafts furniture company active in Cincinnati from 1902 until 1908. Its founder and director Oscar Onken began by making picture frames…

Rookwood Vase and Unsigned Enameled Box Highlight Treadway Auction
by Bruce Johnson
The February 7 Treadway Art & Design auction featured several examples of American art pottery, plus a modest unsigned copper box, which attracted a good deal of attention from collectors. Among the highlights of…

A New and Valuable Resource
by Bruce Johnson
When I first started collecting Arts and Crafts, there was a real vacuum of information. David Cathers had written the first in-depth examination of Gustav Stickley furniture and we did have several books and a quarterly…
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ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.