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CRANBROOK AND THE BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT: GEORGE BOOTH’S LEGACY :: MAY 24- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003

Cranbrook and the British Arts & Crafts Movement: George Booth’s Legacy presents Cranbrook's collection of British Arts & Crafts Movement objects collected by George Gough Booth (1864-1949). An Anglophile and metalworker, the Arts & Crafts Movement was especially important to Booth as he greatly admired William Morris (1834-1896) and Morris’ belief that there was a need for arts reform and education. Booth modeled his own Cranbrook Press after William Morris' Kelmscott Press, and was instrumental in forming the Detroit Society of Arts & Crafts as founder and first president. Booth continued by founding Cranbrook on the Arts & Crafts philosophy that all arts should have equal recognition, be it metalwork or painting.

British Arts and Crafts Movement
William Morris - Pimpernel, 1876. wallpaper sample. block print on paper. Gift of Mrs William H Hansen. CAM1991.16
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Arthur Nevill Kirk (1881-1958) Triptych, c.1940 silver and enamel CAM1940.69 Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933) The Three Perfumes, 1912 watercolor on vellum CAM1955.275 May Morris (1862-1938) Bed hangings, pre-1917 embroidered wool on linen CAM1955.402 Morris & Co. Wallpaper sample, c.1875-1932 block print on paper Gift of Mrs William H. Hansen CAM1991.16 William Morris Pimpernel, 1876 wallpaper sample block print on paper Gift of Mrs William H Hansen CAM1991.16
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT >>
Highlights in the exhibition include an extensive collection of original Morris & Co. textile and wallpaper samples designed from the 1870s; an original Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh watercolor; bed hangings designed by May Morris, William Morris's daughter; Kelsmcott Press books designed by William Morris and silver pieces created by highly skilled silversmiths like Omar Ramsden, Arthur Nevill Kirk and Arthur J. Stone.

Besides the extensive collection of work by British artists, the exhibition includes American-made objects like George Booth's Cranbrook Press books and Elizabeth Copeland's enamel and silver box that were directly influenced by British designers. The majority of the included pieces were accumulated by Booth, with other objects coming into the collection as a result of the strength of Booth’s vision to create an Arts & Crafts utopia in the United States.
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WEEKEND AFTERNOONS FILM SERIES >>

BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT FILM SERIES
“Topsy”: William Morris - July 5, 12, 19, 26; Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 3 pm

Ruskin’s Journey: Teaching People to See - July 6, 13, 20, 27; Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 3 pm


Unless otherwise noted all events and programs take place in deSalle Auditorium on the lower level of Cranbrook Art Museum and are included with Museum admission and free for ArtMembers@Cranbrook.

THANK YOU >>
Since the Art Museum’s founding by George and Ellen Booth in 1930, the Cranbrook collection has grown primarily through generous donations from artists and patrons. We remain indebted to the donors, including Rose M. Shuey.

The 2002-2003 Exhibition Season is generously supported by the Museum Committee of Cranbrook Art Museum with individual sponsorships for Cranbrook and the British Arts and Crafts Movement graciously provided by Maggie and Bob Allesee.
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