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Inspiring reform : Boston's arts and crafts movement / Marilee Boyd Meyer, consulting curator ; essays by David Acton [and others].

Wellesley, Mass. : Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College ; New York : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1997.

247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm

Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)

Arts and crafts movement -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Exhibitions.

Decorative arts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Meyer, Marilee Boyd.

Acton, David, 1953-

Davis Museum and Cultural Center.

Renwick Gallery.

Inspiring Boston's arts and crafts movement reform

Catalog of an exhibition at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Feb. 28-July 14, 1997, and at the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Mar. 6-July 6, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Talking or working : the conundrum of moral aesthetics in Boston's arts and crafts movement / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- "All workmen, artists, and lovers of art" : the organizational structure of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston / Beverly K. Brandt -- The aesthetics of craftsmanship and the prestige of the past : Boston furniture-making and wood-carving / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- The potter's art in Boston : individuality and expression / Susan J. Montgomery -- Circles of influence : metalsmithing in New England / Jeannine Falino -- Historic interpretations : Boston's arts and crafts jewelry / Marilee Boyd Meyer -- Boston and the Society of Arts and Crafts : textiles / Nicola J. Shilliam -- A millennium in book-making : the book arts in Boston / Nancy Finlay -- Pictorialism and naturalism in New England photography / Anne E. Havinga -- The flourish of color relief printmaking in New England / David Acton.

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