Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

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British organization arts organization exhibition society

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.

Aliases (1)

Guild and School of Handicraft ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British organization → arts organization → exhibition society →
activeIn	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 NERFINISHED → 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 →
movement	Arts and Crafts movement →
notableEvent	first Arts and Crafts Exhibition in London →
notableExhibition	Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1888 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1889 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1890 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1893 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1896 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1899 → Arts and Crafts Exhibition 1903 → 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arts and Crafts movement → Arts and Crafts movement ("Guild and School of Handicraft") →	hasKeyOrganization
Walter Crane →	memberOf