Wardle Family and its Circle: Textile Production in the Arts and Crafts Era

The history of an entrepreneurial family whose work influenced followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Gothic Revivalism, Art Needlework and Aestheticism

LONGLISTED for the Arnold Bennett Society Book Prize 2020

This book is a richly illustrated history of the Wardle family of Leek, Staffordshire, which rose to prominence in fine textile production in the second half ofthe nineteenth century. A...