Unlike previous house styles that were imported from Europe, American Arts & Crafts homes are almost completely homegrown. Second, all of the Arts & Crafts architectural styles - Prairie, Craftsman, Mission, and Four-square - are American.
The rest of us had to do without - at least until the Arts & Crafts movement made rich detailing the standard in homebuilding. Rich wood trim, art glass, and colorful tile mosaics had been used in houses for a long time but only kings, potentates, and robber barons could afford them. The Arts & Crafts period from the turn of the 20th century to the start of the Second World War is unique in American architectural history.įirst, it was the only period in which houses that ordinary people could afford were enriched with all manner of finely crafted detail.
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