What Would Thomas Edison Order?
It was with some trepidation and not a little apprehension that I drove over to the Grove Park Inn last weekend, my first trip up Sunset Mountain to the famed Arts and Crafts hotel since construction had recently been completed on the public…
Embarking On a Second Century
The Grove Park Inn is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month, commemorating the official grand opening which took place on Saturday night, July 12, 1913, with speeches, toasts, tours, and fireworks. On that first night one hundred years…
Another Reason Why….
What a study in contrasts.
In my workshop right now I have two projects, each needing repaired.
On the left side I have a four-year-old Troy-Bilt pressure washer with fewer than 40 hours of use on it. When I started the gasoline motor last…
When The Simple Life Becomes The Obsessive Life
There's nothing like an unmarked piece of Arts and Crafts furniture to send me on a little journey.
Once again.
This time I was going to inspect what appeared to possibly be either a Gustav Stickley or an L. & J.G. Stickley flat arm…
Making an Arts and Crafts Difference
June 12, 1935.
On this date F. Scott Fitzgerald had lunch with friends in Tryon, North Carolina, as he celebrated the completion of a short story he had been writing in room 441 at the Grove Park Inn. Fearing tuberculosis and desperate to…
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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.