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International studio — 23.1904

DOI Heft:
No. 92 (October, 1904)
DOI Artikel:
Wood, Esther: The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1904
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26962#0428

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The National Competition



of which the “ peacock’s tail ” design is the more
pleasing. The wool tapestry design by Elsie
Goodman (Regent Street Polytechnic) is of a
somewhat ambitious and ecclesiastical character,
and its bold use of blank spaces is to be com-
mended. The printed cottons are among the
best of the textile designs, especially the series
by Mary G. Perrott (Holloway) and W. Potts
(Hyde)—No. 8 in his group is particularly good.
The Battersea School, which a few years ago
made quite a reputation for printed muslin
designs, seems rather to have stereotyped its
manner, and the exhibits, though still above
the average, are a little too reminiscent of past
success. Among the best is Rasmus Brostrom’s
printed muslin design. A neighbouring school,
Putney, seems to have caught up the flagging
inspiration on these lines, and the design by
William Howland is singularly vigorous and
fresh. There are also some excellent patterns
by Carrie Horner (Leeds), Mary G. Perrott
(Holloway), and Harry Tattersall (Bury).
Worcester now takes the lead in needlework,
and shows a number of thoughtful and pleasing de-
signs for various kinds of embroidery. The large
bed-spread by Mary Nicholls hardly reveals the
full beauty of its design, in spite of laborious and
most conscientious workmanship. Lilian Brown-
sword’s cushion-cover, on the contrary, looks much
better in the finished work than in the drawn design,
where it is perhaps impossible to convey adequately
the beauty of a pattern in cut linen, exquisitely
embroidered as is the example in question. A

BY ARTHUR BLAKE (CAMBERWELL)

LEATHER BOOK-COVER BY ESTER TATLOW’
(WOLVERHAMPTON)

woven hangings are very pleasing, such as that of
Arthur Oldfield (Macclesfield), with its ingenious
decorative arrangement of panthers, to be carried
out in silk ; or the woollen hanging by James A.
Wilkinson, with its fresh and interesting combina-
tions of colour; or, in contrasting texture, the
dainty muslin hanging by
Sarah Kate Pedley (Luton),
with its simple but very
pretty and satisfying design.
The same quiet good taste
distinguishes the patterns
of woven dress materials
by Florence G. Key (Burn-
ley) and the silk hanging
by Harry Bailey (Maccles-
field). An excellent series
of designs for dress and
drapery silks is also shown
by William Stewart (Brad-
ford) ; they are skilfully *
varied, and each pattern
is full of interest in detail
and colour. Another Mac-
clesfield student, Bertrand
Whittaker, sends two
studies for woven silk, book-cover

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