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Aesthetic Movement
This heading incorporate designers and manufacturers who were united by their attempts to lift the design of decorative arts to a higher, more artistic level. At the beginning there was the Art Movement, dominated by figures such as William Morris and Philip Webb, followed by designers including E.W. Godwin and Christopher Dresser.
On the commercial manufacturing side, Collinson & Lock was closely allied with the sentiments of artistic design as, on ocassions, were much larger firms such as Gillow, Lamb of Manchester and Elkington.
Although more properly recognised as exponents of High Victorian design, within the category of Art Furniture, for convenience, may be placed the authors of influential publications such as Owen Jones and some of the output of his favoured manufacturer Jackson & Graham.
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