DOI issue:
No. 77 (July, 1903)
DOI article:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the New Gallery, [4]
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26229#0034
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FIRE-GUARD
BY HAROLD COOPER
WROUGHT-IRON DESIGNED BY W. J. OSBURN
BASKET GRATE EXECUTED BY W. THORNTON,
C. DOWNER AND F. BROWN
oblong box set on a. tight stand or trestle, and opening
in front with the familiar drop-lid when in use. This
has the disadvantage that it cannot be closed without
a dire upheaval of manuscripts; but it offers greater
privacy, combined with protection from dust, and so
may often better suit a writer who is not constantly
at his desk. On the other hand, regarded as an object
in the room, the box form cannot compare, for a liberal
and inviting aspect, with the open table. There is,
moreover, the danger that a slight error of proportion in
the length, especially if it be plain and polished, may
cause it, when closed, to assume an unpleasantly coffin-
like appearance. To return to those built in the
table form, that of Mr. C. F. A. Voysey has already
been noticed; but it remains to be said
that this offers the sole example of a
sloping surface for writing, surely one of
the most important items for the health
and comfort of the writer. A sloping
desk raised in the centre of a Hat surface
for books and papers seems the most
generally convenient plan. But in spite
of a Hat top and rather limited writing-
space, the bureau designed by Arthur
W. Simpson, and executed by Townsend
Graham and the Faulkner Bronze Com-
pany, was one of the most pleasing ex-
hibits, and struck the eye at once as a
beautiful and satisfying piece of furniture.
As a contrasting example of the cabinet
type, the little bureau by S. Ernest
Barnsley and Ernest W. Gimson was a
model of compactness, light and sound
PANEL OF TILES BY LEWIS F. DAY
EXHIBITED BY THE PILKINGTON
TILE AND POTTERY COMPANY
23
FIRE-GUARD
BY HAROLD COOPER
WROUGHT-IRON DESIGNED BY W. J. OSBURN
BASKET GRATE EXECUTED BY W. THORNTON,
C. DOWNER AND F. BROWN
oblong box set on a. tight stand or trestle, and opening
in front with the familiar drop-lid when in use. This
has the disadvantage that it cannot be closed without
a dire upheaval of manuscripts; but it offers greater
privacy, combined with protection from dust, and so
may often better suit a writer who is not constantly
at his desk. On the other hand, regarded as an object
in the room, the box form cannot compare, for a liberal
and inviting aspect, with the open table. There is,
moreover, the danger that a slight error of proportion in
the length, especially if it be plain and polished, may
cause it, when closed, to assume an unpleasantly coffin-
like appearance. To return to those built in the
table form, that of Mr. C. F. A. Voysey has already
been noticed; but it remains to be said
that this offers the sole example of a
sloping surface for writing, surely one of
the most important items for the health
and comfort of the writer. A sloping
desk raised in the centre of a Hat surface
for books and papers seems the most
generally convenient plan. But in spite
of a Hat top and rather limited writing-
space, the bureau designed by Arthur
W. Simpson, and executed by Townsend
Graham and the Faulkner Bronze Com-
pany, was one of the most pleasing ex-
hibits, and struck the eye at once as a
beautiful and satisfying piece of furniture.
As a contrasting example of the cabinet
type, the little bureau by S. Ernest
Barnsley and Ernest W. Gimson was a
model of compactness, light and sound
PANEL OF TILES BY LEWIS F. DAY
EXHIBITED BY THE PILKINGTON
TILE AND POTTERY COMPANY
23