Women Artists of The Arts and Crafts Movement, 1870-1914

New York: Pantheon Books, 1979. Softcover. G+ (shelf wear along textblock and spine, some spotting on spine and front cover, otherwise all pages clear and intact). Yellow illustrated wraps with white lettering,. 232 pp. over 125 bw plates. "While mammoth craft fairs and a proliferation of gallery shows testify to a revived interest in the artifacts and traditions of the famed Arts and Crafts Movement, historians, too, increaslingly find their threads of inquiry into the history of women's artistic and professional endeavors leading in that same direction. With good reason. Victorian society, recognizing only one respectable profession for ladies - marriage and motherhood - ignored the existence of staggering numbers of 'gentlewomen' desperate for paid work. The decorative arts that blossomed with the movement provided them entrance into the world of work. It is Anthea Callen's great achievement to document for the first time how creative, accomplished, and productive the women artist of the Arts and Crafts Movement were in ceramics and pottery, embroidery and needlework, lacemaking, jewelry and metalwork, woodcarving, furniture and interior design, hand printing, bookbinding, and illustration. Beautifully illustrated, this book is a serious work of discovery of hundreds of gifted women artists in England and America, and is one of the most exciting works to emerge in art and women's history." - blurb from back of book.