ABSTRACT
In America, Louis Comfort Tiffany's work developed under the influence of the various English art and craft movements of the 1870s until he too arrived at Art Nouveau. In wallpapers and furnishing textiles there was a great deal of distinguished designing. John Llewellyn was appointed to the Liberty Board in 1898, and it was under his inspired direction that Liberty's Art Nouveau furnishing fabrics were commissioned from many artists. The French successfully stamped out the use of the term Style Liberty, but in Italy Stile Liberty was applied to all Art Nouveau, not only in textiles, but in furniture, metalwork, glasswork, ceramics, and even architecture. British designers from whose work Continental Art Nouveau was originally derived, amongst them Walter Crane and C. R. Ashbee, reacted disgustedly against the distortions of the style. However, their beautiful Cymric silver and Tudric pewter of Celtic inspiration were among the most distinguished contributions to this felicitous development of Art Nouveau.
