Design Reform & The Aesthetic Movement

19th-century Design Reform laid the theoretical foundation for designers and artisans still relevant today. Its greatest legacy being the network of Schools of Design which today form the backbone of British Schools and Colleges of Art.

Linthorpe Pottery Drip-Glazed Biscuit Barrel c1885

Christopher Dresser

Large Linthorpe Pottery Blue-Green Drip Glazed Vase c1885

Tango Glass Vase by Michael Powolny for Loetz c1915

Ruskin Pottery History

Carrara Marble & Gilt Four Glass Mantle Clock. Japy & Cie c1880

Pilkington Royal Lancastrian Art Deco Orange-Vermilion Vase

Design Reform & The Aesthetic Movement

Large Art Nouveau Blue Opalescent Glass Charger with Waterlilies

Royal Lancastrian Art Deco Vase by W S Mycock 1930