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machine knotting A technique for mechanical carpet
making for reproducing hand-knots, usually Turkish
invented in Britain in c.1900.
Macintyre James & Co
Staffordshire Pottery at Burslem from C.1847
which mainly produced utility ceramics. An art pottery
studio was opened in 1897 under the directorship of
William Moorcroft before he set up on his own and closed
this in 1913.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
(1869-1928) A leading art nouveau designer and
Scottish Architect. His most famous building was
the new Glasgow school of Art 1897, he was trained
there. His interior designs were sparse and his furniture
combined straight lines and gently curving lines to create
,font pieces that were more sculptural than functional
Mackmurdo Arthur (1851-1942)
Designer of textiles, wallpapers and furniture and an
arcitect. He was a pioneer of the art nouveau decorative
style in Britain. Founded the Century Guild (1882)
which aimed to put glass-blowing, pottery, woodcarving
and other decorative crafts on the same level as painting
and sculpture.
He created a swirling decorative motif seen often on the
backs of chairs, later a common art nouveau adaptation.
Had a considerable influence on the architect-designer
Charles Voyser.
magic lantern A single image projector using hand
painted or photographic slides. Especially popular
in Victorian and Edwardian times, being used at
public shows as a form of entertainment.
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