The Design Gallery has dated this Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Settee to the 1870s.
It celebrated "art for art’s sake"—the idea that art should not serve moral, political, or utilitarian functions, but instead exist purely to be beautiful and to provide sensory pleasure. Leading designers included Christopher Dresser, E.W. Godwin, and firms like Morris & Co. and Liberty.
Rooms were designed to be visually cohesive and aesthetically pleasing, even if not always practical.
Writers like Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, and Algernon Charles Swinburne were associated with the movement.
Artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti emphasized beauty, mood, and symbolism.
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We have specialised in original Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and 20th century design for 23 years and were adjudicators of editions of the Miller's Antiques Price (decorative arts).
The Design Gallery has dated this Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Settee to the 1870s.
Specialists in 19th and 20th century design
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Aesthetic Movement Settle Sofa Sunflowers
