ABOVE: Lucia Matthews’s Screen (circa 1910-15), on display starting March 17 at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Opening in just over a week at the Victoria & Albert Museum is a mammoth exhibit on the International Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, when everyone got very spooked out by motorcars and smokestacks and electric toasters and decided that individual, handmade items were best. The exhibit is spread out over five floors and almost a dozen galleries, encompassing several decades and three continents. The exhibit argues that Arts and Crafts helped to shape the world as we know it today, influencing architecture, industrial design, and modern art. But quick—check how many pieces of furniture in your current surroundings came from IKEA; it’s more than four, they’ll make you pay extra to see this show.

The V&A has put together a website to go along with the exhibit, so you can see some of the pieces even if you happen to be stuck on the wrong side of the pond. The show opens on March 17.

V & A | International Arts & Crafts