DOI issue:
No. 95 (January, 1905)
DOI article:Notes on the crafts
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26963#0366
Notes on the Crafts
cole Brigham’s
monizing with the general idea of their larger pieces
of furniture. In all the material turned out by
the Kcolmeh Shop, simplicity, strength and beauty
are the essential basis. Nothing is made without a
real use. Whole houses, from kitchen to drawing-
room, can be furnished according to the same prin-
ciples, only varying the treatment somewhat in
accordance with the kind of use to which the vari-
ous rooms are to be put. The woods most used by
the Kcolmeh crafts are Flemish, Forest Green,
Breen and Beech weathered grey.
We think it will interest our readers to see
illustrations of some of Mr. W. Cole Brigham’s
marine mosaic, as. he calls his work, which he pro-
duces at his studios at Shelter Island, N. Y. While
searching for shells, Mr. Brigham discovered the
beautiful colours to be found in stones and pebbles
along the beach. Their use in a primitive way has,
by diligent application and practice, been dexter-
ously harmonized with other materials. The first
order for marine mosaic was given by Mr. William
Gillette, for his house-boat, being a decoration for
the companion-way in a series of seven windows.
In each window is represented a different kind of
fish swimming in the water which is composed of
a window in cole Brigham’s “marine mosaic”
MEMORIAL WINDOW IN “MARINE MOSAIC”
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cole Brigham’s
monizing with the general idea of their larger pieces
of furniture. In all the material turned out by
the Kcolmeh Shop, simplicity, strength and beauty
are the essential basis. Nothing is made without a
real use. Whole houses, from kitchen to drawing-
room, can be furnished according to the same prin-
ciples, only varying the treatment somewhat in
accordance with the kind of use to which the vari-
ous rooms are to be put. The woods most used by
the Kcolmeh crafts are Flemish, Forest Green,
Breen and Beech weathered grey.
We think it will interest our readers to see
illustrations of some of Mr. W. Cole Brigham’s
marine mosaic, as. he calls his work, which he pro-
duces at his studios at Shelter Island, N. Y. While
searching for shells, Mr. Brigham discovered the
beautiful colours to be found in stones and pebbles
along the beach. Their use in a primitive way has,
by diligent application and practice, been dexter-
ously harmonized with other materials. The first
order for marine mosaic was given by Mr. William
Gillette, for his house-boat, being a decoration for
the companion-way in a series of seven windows.
In each window is represented a different kind of
fish swimming in the water which is composed of
a window in cole Brigham’s “marine mosaic”
MEMORIAL WINDOW IN “MARINE MOSAIC”
LXVHI