Arts & Crafts Furniture
Original Arts & Crafts furniture, carefully curated by Puritan Values. Handmade with integrity, designed to last, curated for collectors.
What Defines Arts & Crafts Furniture?
Use of solid hardwoods like oak, walnut, ash and mahogany
Visible joinery, such as pegged mortise-and-tenon joints
Decorative techniques including chip carving, repoussé and leadwork
Minimal ornamentation, beauty through function
Born as a reaction to the excesses of Victorian mass production, Arts & Crafts furniture champions honesty in design, integrity in materials and the enduring value of craftsmanship.
Featured piece, an early Arts & Crafts oak break front sideboard by Bath Cabinet Makers, in the Liberty style with Dutch inlaid scenes of mill owners, a black cat, horse and sailing ship over open shelves and exposed through tenon details, c.1900. View this sideboard.
Shown here, a hand hammered copper scrollwork chandelier attributed to the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, with flaring hammered canopy, a ring of glass roundels and five forged scroll arms, c.1905. The chain shown is for display only and the lampholder requires wiring prior to installation. View this chandelier.
Featured Designers
C. F. A. Voysey
– architectural purity and symbolic motifs
E. W. Godwin
– Anglo-Japanese minimalism and form
Liberty & Co.
– innovators in retail and design fusion
Ernest Gimson,
Charles Ashbee, and more
Learn more about the Arts & Crafts manufacturers of the period and the influential designers and craftsmen who shaped the movement .
Representative Forms
Sideboards
Chairs
Writing desks
Settles
Dining tables
Rush-seated chairs
Cabinets
Bookcases
Mirrors
Our Arts & Crafts collection ranges from exhibition quality one off pieces to robust everyday furniture, all chosen for their clarity of line, honest construction and carefully judged decoration. These works sit comfortably alongside contemporary interiors, adding warmth, texture and a sense of hand made character to living rooms, dining rooms and hallways.
Shown here, a pair of Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak picture frames by Herbert Davis Richter, inlaid with stylised roses in mother of pearl, abalone and ebony and housing his signed works “Greetings” and “Christmas wishes”, c.1900. View these pictures.
In focus, a rare walnut and cane newspaper basket by Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, with gadrooned top edge, ball mouldings and tapering body on square moulded legs with H stretcher and original castors, designed for his own household and recorded in Truth, Beauty and Design, c.1910. The acorn finials have been replaced. View this basket.
Glossary Terms Explained
Chamfer
Quarter-sawn oak
Peg construction
Repoussé
These terms appear frequently in Arts & Crafts descriptions and help decode how a piece was made. Chamfering softens sharp edges and catches the light, quarter sawn oak gives a distinctive ray fleck, peg construction reveals honest joinery and repoussé copper or brass adds hand worked surface detail. Understanding this language makes it easier to read quality at a glance and to place furniture within the wider Arts & Crafts story.
Our Approach
40' years of expertise in antique decorative arts.
Worldwide delivery with secure packing and regulatory documentation.
In-house restoration and cataloguing by our specialist team.
Ongoing research into provenance, period, and attribution.
One of the UK’s largest Arts & Crafts selections available.
Private viewings in showroom by appointment.
Condition reports and additional photographs available on request.