Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

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The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was a British organization founded in the late 19th century that played a central role in promoting the Arts and Crafts movement through influential exhibitions of decorative and applied arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British organization
arts organization
exhibition society
activeIn Edwardian era
surface form: Edwardian period

late Victorian period
activity publishing exhibition catalogues
staging juried exhibitions of contemporary design
aim encourage collaboration between designers and craftsmen
raise the status of decorative arts to the level of fine arts
country United Kingdom
field applied arts
decorative arts
design
foundedBy Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
George Frampton
Lewis F. Day
Reginald Blomfield
W. A. S. Benson
Walter Crane
foundedInPeriod late 19th century
hadChairman Walter Crane
hadMember C. R. Ashbee
Charles Voysey
George Frampton
M. H. Baillie Scott
May Morris
Selwyn Image
T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
William Lethaby
hadPresident C. R. Ashbee
Walter Crane
inception 1887
influenced development of British design education
early modern design exhibitions in Europe
influencedBy John Ruskin
William Morris
location London, England
surface form: London
movement Arts and Crafts movement
notableEvent first Arts and Crafts Exhibition in London
notableExhibition Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1889

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1890

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1893

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1896

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1899

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1903

Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888
surface form: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1912
purpose organization of exhibitions of applied arts
organization of exhibitions of decorative arts
promotion of the Arts and Crafts movement

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Arts and Crafts movement hasKeyOrganization Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
Arts and Crafts movement hasKeyOrganization Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
this entity surface form: Guild and School of Handicraft
Walter Crane memberOf Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society