Decorative Arts

The Bhil people of Central India are amongst the country''s oldest indigenous communities. To them, the natural world is not ''a thing apart'', but...

Explore one of Americas most creative cities in a new way with the trailblazer for city-based studies of contemporary craft. For craft and history ...

June Schwarcz (1918-2015) was among the most innovative artists working in the contemporary enamels field. Best known for her electroplated metal s...

Exploring the world of tin boxes - usually chromolithographed for advertising purposes - is like taking a journey across the universe, a journey to...

Tea was introduced to Britain in the 1650s. Its popularity burgeoned over the following two-and-a-half centuries, until it became a defining featur...

The volume traces the history of tin signs in Italy from their birth to their diffusion, from 1890 to 1950, using a selection of almost one thousan...

Bird decoys were used for hunting in North America until the advent of hunting regulations in the early twentieth century, when decoys started to b...

Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring h...

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printe...

A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells - now available in French. Here George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book...

Glass is a magical material through which light can shine. Throughout its millennial history, its colourful splendour and malleability have always ...

The undervalued force behind the Highwaymen phenomenon.A long-awaited testament to the life and work of Alfred Hair, the driving force of the Flori...

Coiled grass baskets are icons of Gullah culture. From their roots in Africa, through their evolution on Lowcountry rice plantations, to their mode...

Born in England into a unionist family, the artist Frances Georgiana Chenevix Trench became an ardent nationalist and quickly involved herself in t...