The designs hammered into Roycroft copper vases are emblematic of Arts and Crafts design. Many motifs incorporated into the textiles of the time originated with the English Arts and Crafts movement or the Glasgow school. Textiles of the period often are stitched on a natural linen base. Leather was often used for upholstery. Ceramics are often matte and in the case of Grueby can have a rough appearance.
Copper is hammered for a hand-wrought texture.
The values of the Arts and Crafts movement are what give it a soul. The movement expresses simplicity with honesty and humility. Practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement attempted to commune with nature rather than conquering nature as the Victorians did. You won't find stuffed song birds in a bell jar in an Arts and Crafts room, and yet the colors and textures of the room will seem a great deal more connected to the natural world. Leaders of the Arts and craft movement in both England and America, such as John Ruskin, William Morris, Gustav Stickley and Elbert Hubbard, viewed taste as an ethical position.