Bygones‘ inThe Connoisseur

When studying the traditional material culture of these islands, it soon becomes obvious that this subject was at its most popular in the 1890–1930 period, for it was at this time that most of the really significant collections were formed, and the bulk of the current body of primary publications made its appearance. The reasons for this surge of interest may be largely attributed to two major factors. The first of these was a direct reaction to the unparalleled explosion of urbanization and industrialization during the late nineteenth century, and its disruption of centuries-old patterns of living, while the second was the existence of a leisured class with incomes derived from the land, the church, the Empire, or the assets accumulated from Britain's phenomenal industrial growth, with the resources to develop collections as a fashionable hobby

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