British industrialisation and design 1830-1851 : with special reference to printing and figure-weaving in the Lancashire and West Riding textile industries

The thesis discusses the causes of the failure of the early Victorian textile industries to produce fine designs, and analyses the responses of manufacturers, artisans and critics to the issues raised by the problem. In Part 1 the historical changes of 'key words' such as art craft, artisa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kusamitsu, Toshio
Published: University of Sheffield 1982
Subjects:
900
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383348