International studio (23.1904)

THE GORHAM MFG. CO.

Notes on the Crafts

TEA-SET AND KETTLE

N. J., and which, by means of the sweep of its
lead lines alone, conveys its story as eloquently as
would a painted picture. In the light of these
specimens of sound taste, and as a word of warn-
ing against the too prodigal adoption of the new
and alluring opal glass in any and all surroundings,
we quote from Winston, one of the safest of judges
in these matters, who, in referring to the quick de-
cadence in this art, writes: “ Glass-painting did
not decline from want of encouragement, but
from a confounding of its principles with those
of other systems of painting.” It is a dangerous
leap in the dark, artistically speaking, for a tyro
to arrange for his own decorative glass-work with-
out consulting a well-trained and experienced
professional.
The Art School of the Young Women’s Christian
Association in New York City held an exhibition,
closing its current year, on May 18. The classes
were kept at work during the exhibition, thus
showing the school in operation as well as the
result of the year’s course in the various exhibits
displayed in modelling, wood-carving, and water-
color. This school aims to quicken the artistic
impulse along several lines at once, in preference
to allowing any specialization at the start. In the
first year’s course the student, accepted without
examination, is carried through a training in varied
manual expression, beginning with ambidextrous
work in chalk, and including modelling, the study

CHAIR FOR WRITING TABLE
EXHIBITED AT ST. LOUIS BY THE GORHAM MFG. CO.

CCCXV