C·R·阿什比是英国工艺美术运动时期杰出的设计师和理论家,同时也是工艺美术运动的倡导者和实践者。他的设计作品主要包括首饰、银器及家具3大类。阿什比设计的首饰高贵、典雅,在设计中常用仿生学设计符号、精湛的装饰工艺以及灵动而抽象的表现手法。他设计的银质器皿拥有纤巧、优雅的造型,自然的肌理效果,并进行了巧妙的细节处理,因而表现出优雅、实用的特点及人文关怀的精神。阿什比设计的家具选用优良的材质,采用了实用的几何化造型,表现出精致洗练的装饰风格。
C.R.Ashbee is an outstanding representative designer of jewelry, silverware and furniture, meanwhile the advocator and practicer of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England. The classical elements of the graceful and elegant jewels designed by Ashbee include bionic symbols, consummate decoration and abstract expression. The silverware works of Ashbee are of the particularity of slim and graceful modeling, natural texture effect, and the handling with details intelligently. His works express more elegance, practicality and humanism. In the aspect of furniture design, C.R.Ashbee payed more attention to the superior materials while using geometrical modeling and expressing a simple decoration style.