Aesthetic Movement Interior vs Arts and Crafts Interior
Aesthetic Movement Interior was influenced by Arts and Crafts Interior — fed directly into the Arts and Crafts reform.
Aesthetic Movement Interior
The art-for-art's-sake interior of late-Victorian taste-reformers — refined color harmonies, Japanese-inspired motifs, ebonised furniture and 'artistic' restraint.
- Subtle harmonised colours — sage, peacock blue, gold and dull yellow
- Anglo-Japanese motifs: blossoms, fans, peacocks and sunflowers
- Spare ebonised furniture in the manner of E. W. Godwin
- Artistic accessories — blue-and-white china, peacock feathers, lilies
- Embossed dado papers and a picture rail dividing the wall
Arts and Crafts Interior
The honest, handcrafted interior of the reform movement — exposed oak, built-ins, hand-blocked wallpapers and truth to materials over machine ornament.
- Exposed, honest structure — beams, joinery and pegged tenons
- Plain quarter-sawn oak furniture with celebrated hardware
- Inglenook fireplaces and built-in settles, seats and bookcases
- Morris & Co. hand-blocked floral wallpapers and textiles
- Hand-beaten copper, art pottery and leaded-glass detail
At a glance
| Aesthetic Movement Interior | Arts and Crafts Interior | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1860s–1890s | 1880s–1920 |
| Discipline | Interior Design | Interior Design |
| Region | Britain, United States | Britain, United States |
| Family | Aestheticism, Victorian | Arts and Crafts, Reform movements |
| Formal traits | harmonious, Japonisme, refined, stylised | handcrafted, rectilinear, earthy, honest |
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