| When we think of names like Augustus Welby | | | | and other household items being manufactured during |
| Northmore Pugin (1812-52) and William Morris | | | | the Victorian era. |
| (1834-1896) today, we think of these men as | | | | Both these men wanted a return to simpler hand |
| decorators; Pugin being responsible for the insides of | | | | crafted forms of production. For Pugin it was the |
| the Houses of Parliament, and perhaps rather | | | | medieval designs of Gothic furniture and honesty in |
| unkindly, Morris for wallpaper, tiles and placemats. | | | | construction, where joints were shown on the |
| However, both these men were ardent reformers of | | | | surface of pieces. A famous design of his, an armoire |
| their day and were in part responsible for the | | | | made by J. G. Crace for the 1851 Great Exhibition, |
| beginnings of the Arts and Crafts Movement, which | | | | was purchased directly by the Victoria and Albert |
| reacted against low quality mass produced furniture | | | | Museum where it remains today. |