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Throwback Thursday: American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design

January 19, 2017

Installation view of American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (January 14-March 5, 1995). Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection. 

The exhibition American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design, on view from January 14 to March 5, 1995, was a showcase for significant examples of late 19th- and early-20th century furniture, ceramics, and metal-working that exemplified the Arts and Crafts doctrine of functional design, natural materials, and handcrafted construction. Objects created in the Western New York area were represented by work of the Charles Rohlfs Workshop, the Roycroft Community, and Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops.

Installation view of American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (January 14-March 5, 1995). Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection. 

Installation view of American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (January 14-March 5, 1995). Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection. 

Installation view of American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (January 14-March 5, 1995). Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection. 

Installation view of American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (January 14-March 5, 1995). Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection.