These essays were written for the catalogues of the exhibitions of the Society, and were collected in book form in 1893, with a new preface and introductory essay.

Preface — William Morris

Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft: with Notes on the Work of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society — Walter Crane

Textiles — William Morris

Of Decorative Painting and Design — Walter Crane

Of Wall Papers — Walter Crane

Fictiles — G. T. Robinson

Metal Work — W. A. S. Benson

Stone and Wood Carving — Somers Clarke

Furniture — Stephen Webb

Stained Glass — Somers Clarke

Table Glass — Somers Clarke

Printing — William Morris and Emery Walker

Bookbinding — T. J. Cobden-Sanderson

Of Mural Painting — F. Madox Brown

Of Sgraffito Work — Heywood Sumner

Of Stucco and Gesso — G. T. Robinson

Of Cast Iron — W. R. Lethaby

Of Dyeing as an Art — William Morris

Of Embroidery — May Morris

Of Lace — Alan S. Cole

Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration — Reginald Blomfield

Of Designs and Working Drawings — Lewis F. Day

Furniture and the Room — Edward S. Prior

Of the Room and Furniture — Halsey Ricardo

The English Tradition — Reginald Blomfield

Carpenters’ Furniture — W. R. Lethaby

Of Decorated Furniture — J. H. Pollen

Of Carving — Stephen Webb

Intarsia and Inlaid Wood-Work — T. G. Jackson

Woods and Other Materials — Stephen Webb

Of Modern Embroidery — Mary E. Turner

Of Materials — May Morris

Colour — May Morris

Stitches and Mechanism — Alan S. Cole

Design — John D. Sedding

On Designing for the Art of Embroidery — Selwyn Image -

These essays were written for the catalogues of the exhibitions of the Society, and were collected in book form in 1893, with a new preface and introductory essay.

1893