International studio (17.1902)

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drawing is Bad Company, by Olive Smyth. Two
needlework panels, one by Sophie Keyden, Gather
ye the Roses while ye may, and another of the Sleep-
ing Beauty, by Miss Macbeth, give dignity to yet
two other spaces; while the end of the room is
strongly marked by a structure of an electric fire-
place in brass repousse containing a glass mosaic
panel of Si. Anthony of Padua. This is the work
of a young Glasgow architect, J. Gaff Gillespie,
and much of that character of work one associates
with Glasgow decorative art is present. The only
other noticeable piece of repousse is a lead panel
by D. McKay Stoddart. A fresh treatment of
painted d’oyleys is given us by Margaret Rowat,
while to relieve the windows panels of stained
glass are used as spots of colour, the most notice-

REVOLVING BOOK-CASE By J. HERBERT McNAIR

WITH LEADED GLASS
PANELS AND TEWELS

METAL PANELS

BY HERBERT AND FRANCES McNAIR

able panel being one by Dorothy C. Smyth, who, in
another contribution, a coloured gesso-panel, makes
Little Bo-Peep as bright and dainty as was the original
little lady of the story-book. In the centre line of
the floor stand two vitrines, filled with books,
enamels, work in gold and silver, and objets dlart.
D. S. McColl, known to fame for his writings, as well
as for his Resigns, sends specimens of his work in book
decoration, notably his Pater, Greek vases and
Rossetti; and the firm of James MacLehose & Sons,
the Glasgow University printers, sends six books

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