{"product_id":"workshop-of-the-world-arts-and-crafts-in-philadelphia-9780876333136","title":"Workshop of the World: Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA showcase of the Philadelphia artists, designers, and manufacturers whose work responded to urban industrialization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the British Arts and Crafts movement, a group of Philadelphia artists and designers looked to preindustrial technologies to mitigate the decline in quality of manufactured goods in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Within Philadelphia and on its outskirts, where small communities of like-minded creatives coalesced, a range of makers composed innovative responses to the Arts and Crafts ideals of truth to materials, honesty in construction, and dignity in labor. Drawing on the art and architecture of the past, these individuals taught and championed traditional hand skills and their potential for commercial and industrial processes.\u003cp\u003eLargely framed by the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and the Sesquicentennial Exposition in 1926, this publication features a diverse range of works, many previously unpublished, that offer a nuanced picture of American decorative arts. Essays by acclaimed scholars reveal that craft and industry, often perceived as opposites, are surprisingly interrelated. An afterword brings the story forward to the present, highlighting Philadelphia's contemporary recognition as a craft capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Philadelphia Museum of Art \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhiladelphia Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(July 5-October 18, 2026)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Philadelphia Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780876333136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"David L. Barquist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604450046133,"sku":"9780876333136","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/workshop-of-the-world-arts-and-crafts-in-philadelphia-9780876333136","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}