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East
Aurora
Item
Number: 6020
Manufacturer: Hentschel
83 3/4"Hx25 1/2"Wx15"D (213x65x38cm)
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The Arts and
Crafts style is as relevant and compelling today as it was at
it's greatest peak of popularity in the mid-19th and early
20th centuries. More than just a style of decoration, the Arts
and Crafts movement was born out of desire for social reform
and the style echoes the movement's founding principles of
integrity and social responsibility. Arts and Crafts remains
an enduring cornerstone of modern interior design due to it's
hallmark simple designs, honest craftmanship and beautiful
materials. It suits a broad range of tastes and mixes well
with more modern design elements.
The roots of the Arts and Crafts movement lie in the aesthetic
approach to interior design and interest in social reform that
originated with influential English writers and social
reformers such as John Ruskin and William Morris, who became
alarmed at the changes brought about in society due to the
Industrial Revolution which had resulted in a flood of cheap,
shoddily made consumer goods upon the market. In 1894,
following a visit to William Morris and his Kelscott Press in
England, the American Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft
("king's house") artistic community in East Aurora,
New York, a village southeast of Buffalo.
Hentschel's "
East Aurora
" model pays tribute to the craftsmen of the Roycroft
shops in it's distinctive styling, attention to period detail
and craftsmanship. The
East Aurora
clock cuts a bold profile, due to it's architectural lines and
quarter sawn solid oak construction. The distinctive crown
molding protrudes at the ends above the wide pilasters. The
front facade of the clock is accentuated by the hammered
copper pulls on the door and drawer and the parchment dial.
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