International studio (16.1902)

Liverpool School of Art

portions of a living-room
which were recently
designed by Violet
Brunton, shew a cleverly
arranged scheme of colour
with simple materials, and
whether carried out in
natural oak or in less ex-
pensive woods, the tile-
work, window - glass and
metal-work fittings are all
represented as harmonious
details.
It is pleasant to note
that Mr. Burridge sets great
store by the practice of
design in its relation to
STENCILLED FRIEZE BY GILBERT ROGERS


desirable quality than that
of the thin, wiry lines
adopted by Frances Jones
in her embroidered cushion
cover.
In another cushion cover,
Winifred Turnbull recog-
nises the value of border
masses in the appliqued
portions of her design; even
the knotted stitch comers
assist in amplifying the
surface of the pattern.
Amongst our illustrations
are a set of d’oyleys de-
signed and very skilfully
embroidered by Helena
Shaw. They are worked in
silks upon silk, and in
colours which display very
delicate taste in their varia-
tions upon each separate
design. Much ingenuity is
devoted by Thomas Chis-
holm to the intricate twin-
ingof his bramble pattern for
a wall-paper frieze, but one
feels that the design is too
dependent upon line, and
that it lacks the desirable
breadth of treatment which
the introduction of leafage
would tend to improve.
An ingle-nook and a
writing-cabinet, forming
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MUSIC CABINET

BY DAVID BAXTER