International studio (17.1902)

Turin Exhibition

arranged the Austrian section of the last Paris
Exhibition. He regrets other nations not having
been as pretentious as Austria. “ How instructive
it would have been for the whole world,” he told
me, “ had England had her own villa, appointed
and furnished by Englishmen.” In the pavilion
collective objects are exhibited, while the villa
is appointed and furnished in modern style,
but without any exaggerations. The outward
decoration of these buildings is very simple,
the architect having contented himself with a
conventional motive of flowers. The facades are
in grey, while the chief entrance is ornamented
with the Austrian colours, black and yellow. In
each corner is a female genius, the work of the
well-known sculptor, Schimkowitz; the friezes
are by Engelhardt. The interior ornamentation
is equally simple. Here are a number of rooms.
Messrs. Deutsch & Co., of Brunn (Moravia),
show what here is known as a “ gentleman’s
room,” designed by Professor Rudolf Hammel.
It is very massive in construction, though simple
in intention, the wood being dark mahogany.

COPPER CLOCK

DESIGNED BY OTTO PRUTSCHER
EXECUTED BY NIKOLAS STADLER

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Everything is designed for practical use, and there
are no superfluities. A very interesting piece of
work is a dining-room suite, designed and executed
by Josef Wytrlik, of Vienna. This won the first
prize given for cheap furniture in a competition
at the Imperial Austrian Museum. It is of
elm, dark brown in colour, and consists of a
sideboard, a buffet, table, and twelve chairs.
Everything is conceived with an eve to simplicity
and utility. The edges are rounded off to prevent

GOBLET IN “ICE GLASS-’

BY R. MARSCHALL

unkind knocks, the chairs, very lightly mounted
in leather, have nickel clamps to prevent damage.
Another dining-room, designed by Karl Witzmann,
a young student at the Imperial School for
Decorative Art, and executed by Jacob Soulek,
is a fine piece of work. Its beauty lies in
the design, and its richness in the execution
and choice of materials. The opposite side
of the pavilion is taken up with exhibits of
various kinds. Gustav Gurschner, of Vienna,
has a number of charming works—examples of
that delicacy of workmanship and conception
for which he is so well known. Messrs. Poliak
have, among other specimens of their work,
an interesting tea-service. The designer is Herr
Barwig, a pupil of the Austrian Museum School.
Here we have a fine piece of workmanship,
combined with beauty of form—very remark-
able in this land, where even now tea is looked
upon by many as a sort of medicine. A wine-

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