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By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide to Architecture since 1999

Happy Birthday, Philip Webb

Monday January 12, 2009
Philip Webb, often called the father of the Arts & Crafts movement, was born on January 12 in 1831. Along with William Morris, Webb designed furniture, wallpaper, tapestries, and stained glass. But he was most famous for comfortable, unpretentious country homes like the famous Red House he designed for William Morris.

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