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      Adams, Steven. . The Arts & Crafts Movement. Quintet Publishing, London, 1987.
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      Anscombe, Isabelle and Charlotte Gere. . Arts & Crafts in Britain and America. Academy Editions, London, 1978.
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    Bowman, Leslie G., ed.. American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
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      Cathers, David M.. Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. NAL Books, New York, 1981.
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    Clark, Robert Judson, ed.. The Arts and Crafts Movement in America: 1876-1916. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1972.
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    Darling, Sharon S. . Chicago Metalsmiths. Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, 1977.
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    Duncan, Alastair. . Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1988.
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  Gere, Charlotte and Michael Whiteway.. Nineteenth Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1994.
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      Haslam, Malcolm. . Arts and Crafts. Collectors' Style Guide. Macdonald Orbis, London, 1988.
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    Kaplan, Wendy, ed. . The Encyclopedia of Arts and Crafts: The International Arts Movement, 1850-1920. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1989.
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      Larner, Gerald and Celia. . The Glasgow Style. Astragal Books, London, 1979.
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      Moon, Karen.. George Walton: Designer and Architect. White Cockade Publishing, Oxford, 1993.
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      Naylor, Gillian.. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Trefoil Publications, London, 1971 / 1990.
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      Parry, Linda.. Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, London, l988 / l990.
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    Puig, Francis J. and Michael Conforti, eds. . American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1620-1820. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1989.
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    Trapp, Kenneth R., ed.. The Arts and Crafts Movement in California: Living the Good Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1993.
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ASHBEE, CHARLES ROBERT
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    Crawford, Alan. . C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1985.
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DRESSER, CHRISTOPHER
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Dresser, Christopher.. The Language of Ornament: Style in the Decorative Arts. Originally published under the title, Studies in Design, 1876. Portland House, New York, 1988.
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      Taylor, David A. . Truth/ Beauty/ Power: Dr. Christopher, 1834-1904. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Historical Design, New York, 1998.
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      Widar, Halén. . Christopher Dresser, A Pioneer of Modern Design. Phaidon Press, London, 1993.
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      ELMSLIE, GEORGE GRANT
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      Spencer, Brian A. . The Prairie School Tradition. Whitney Library of Design, New York, 1979.
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      MATHEWS, ARTHUR and LUCIE
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    Jones, Harvey L. . Mathews: Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style. Oakland Museum of Art, 1972.
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      MORRIS, WILLIAM
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      Henderson, Philip, ed. . William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends. Thames & Hudson, London, 1967.
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      MacCarthy, Fiona. . William Morris: A Life For Our Time. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995
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Parry, Linda, ed.. William Morris. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1996.
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      Parry, Lina, ed.. William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement: A Source Book. Portland House, New York, 1989.
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      Watkinson, Ray. . William Morris as Designer. Trefoil, London, 1990.
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      STICKLEY, GUSTAV
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      Gray, Stephen and Robert Edwards, eds.. Collected Works of Gustav Stickley. Turn of the Century Editions, New York, 1981.
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      Gray, Stephen.. The Early Work of Gustav Stickley. Turn of the Century Editions, New York, 1987.
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      VOYSEY, CHARLES FRANCIS ANNESLEY
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      Simpson, Duncan. . C.F.A. Voysey: An Architect of Individuality. Lund Humphries, London, 1979.
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      WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD
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    Fischer Fine Art. . Frank Lloyd Wright: Architectural Drawings and Decorative Art. Fischer Fine Art, Ltd., London, 1985.
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      Hanks, David.. The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1979
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    Hanks, David a. . Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage. Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection. Dutton, New York, 1989.
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      Hirschl & Adler Modern.. Frank Lloyd Wright: Art in Design. Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery, New York, 1983.
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    Kelmscott Gallery.. Frank Lloyd Wright. Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago,1981.
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      Yale University School of Architecture. . The Chairs of Frank Lloyd Wright. Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1987.
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