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.
Features:
- Solid-quarter sawn oak finished in Cinnamon.
- Distinctive crown moulding protrudes at the end above the pilasters.
- Opening slide drawer with hammered copper pulls.
- Triple chime cable wound movement with auto night shut-off.
- Antique brass finish dial with matching shells and pendulum.
Options: Interior light; Mirror back.
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