International studio (19.1903)

a hearth-rug treated boldly in the pictorial manner,
but without scale or perspective, so as to form a
kind of Chinese landscape, centering in a river
with ships, and fuli of objects to deiight young
people piaying before the ftre. The executants of
these designs are A. W. Simpson, A. Newey,
F. Muntzer, C. F. Nielsen, F. Cooke, J. E. Bowman,
R. Li. Rathbone. W. H. Tingey, and H. J. L. J.
Masse (the furniture); Messrs. Yates& Co. (the
hearthrug) ; and Messrs. Piikington and T. Eisley
(the chimney-piece and hearth-httings). There are,
moreover, a number of Mr. Voysey's waii-papers and
textiie fabrics exhibited by Messrs. Alex. Morton
and Messrs. Essex & Cc.
The recess furnished by Mr. George Walton at
once attracts attention to its beautiful dresser
in dark, unpolished walnut, executed by J. S.
Henry & Co.; one of the most
original and satisfying pieces of
furniture on view. Entirely plain
and free frorn added ornament, its
grace of proportion and its variety
of line and form make it an ample
decoration for a room, and at the
same time a joy to the eye of the
housewife by reason of its spacious
and convenient parts.
Mr. Harold Cooper has sent an
excellent little hreguard, with three
panels divided into oblong lattice
panes, well and hrmly set in the
metal frame, and while severely free
from ornament, no less beautiful
and interesting to the eye.
Mr. Charles Spooner is another
effectual seeker after simplicity and
lightness in furniture, suiting it to
the convenience of an age in which
the process of house-moving is a
common occurrence, and not the
upheaval of a life-time as it was a
century ago. He sends an oak
dresser very compactly built, lofty
and with great variety of shelves
and cupboards, but not extending
too far from the wall; also an oak
corner-cupboard, a cabinet of Italian
walnut delicately inlaid, and a very
simple oak lectern with wrought-
iron brackets for candtes on either
hand.
Mr. Sidney H. Barnsley sends
a dresser in similar style, a neat
and well-built writing-table, and
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a little cabinet of English walnut inlaid with
pearl. In the work of both these designers the
use of light oak for furniture in constant wear,
with handles of the same material, lends itself
to the practical objection of being very easily
soiled.
Mr. G. LI. Morris, whose work always shows a
quiet distinction and individuality of touch, sends
several very satisfying pieces, of which the neat
and solid-looking bureau, decorated by the lightly-
scooped oval figure which this designer often
favours, is perhaps the most pleasing. It is made
in Italian walnut, and furnished with pigeon-holes
and shelves well enclosed at the top to shelter from
dust. In his hreplace, exhibited by Messrs. Bratt,
Colbran & Co., and made by J. W. Wigfall, Mr.
Morris adopts a slightly concave form for the


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