Arts & Crafts Profiles: Juliarose Triebes and Keith Wiesinger
by Kate Nixon
On September 21st, 2018, the Roycroft Campus opened their recent exhibit Messengers of Elysium, a two-person show featuring a collection of handmade works of furniture and textiles, highlighting the nature-based motifs as metaphors…
Fall Celebration at Roycroft Campus This Weekend
by Kate Nixon
Fall has officially started -- and for those of you in East Aurora, get ready to celebrate with the Roycroft Campus! The sights, sounds, smells and tastes of autumn will be in full force in the Roycroft Campus Fall Festival, this…
Rago’s Preview Continued (with images)
by Kate Nixon
A sizable collection of Lalique Glass is up for auction this month - and you could be the winning bidder of one of the lots! In addition to the impressive Reese Collection of Lalique Glass, the works of George Ohr, Rookwood Pottery,…
Arts & Crafts Profiles: Q & A with CEO Lucy Toomey
by Kate Nixon
This week's Arts & Crafts Profiles peers into the world of auctioneering - with Toomey & Co. Auctioneers in Oak Park, Illinois. A family business now in the second generation, they are considered a premiere specialty auction…
Results of Rago’s Unreserved Auction
by Kate Nixon
The results of Rago's August 24th Unreserved Auction - in which plenty of Arts & Crafts era items were featured - saw a range of sales from a deal below the estimated price to paying above and beyond the high estimate. The…
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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.