Design: Silver Studio Manufacture: Liberty (?) T 5016 / 1898
In the 19th century, England took the lead in the development of modern arts and crafts. A crucial contribution to this pioneering reform movement was made by the artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Already under Alois Riegl, who was curator of the textiles collection from 1887 to 1897, the museum purchased modern textiles from England. Batches of large-size textiles, sample books of hand-printed tapestries by British artists came to the collection still before the end of the 19th century.
