arts and crafts

noun

1. the handcrafting and decoration of especially utilitarian objects.

Arts and Crafts

plural noun

1. decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the Arts and Crafts movement , in late nineteenth-century Britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship

Word History and Origins

Origin of arts and crafts¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

They are developing the embryo of what was the arts-and-crafts idea into a really fine, useful and satisfying art form.

From Project Gutenberg

Weve sold most of your arts-and-crafts things, announced Winona.

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Aside from a few arts-and-crafts potters who of necessity must work on a very limited scale we are training no pottery-makers.

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