Studio-Talk
two able designs, Nos. 23 and 25, happy in
arrangement and colour, The treatment of the
border in each case was rather unusual, but effec-
live. Mr. Karl Parsons also sent some exhibits
calling for notice. His stained-glass panel, No. 54,
was striking in colour. F. P. Walker contributed
three Cartoons for stained glass.
The bookbindings by Messrs. F. Sangorski &
G. Sutcliffe included some noteworthy examples of
this craft. Their “ Life of Cellini ” shows an able
treatment of borders in gold lines on a dark red
leather, with the Corners and centre partly filled
in with conventional foliage of green leather, inlaid
upon the red. It is a severe and beautiful binding,
although in no way symbolising the lurid and
picturesque life of the artist Cellini. Alfred de
Sauty sent some interesting and richly-bound
volumes, the workmanship being first rate, and
the use of inlaid leather striking, but perhaps a
trifte overdone. The decoration by Christopher
Dean, in the same case, was a good example of
book-page decoration.
The hangings, wall-papers, and printed stuffs
were exceptionally good, and in most cases quiet in
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
F. SANGORSKI & G. SUTCLIFFE
design and pleasant in colour. Too much, how-
ever, is made of pattern in the wall-papers. As
Norman Shaw puts it, “ the general tone of a wall-
paper is the important thing to be desired : it is a
background pure and simple, that and nothing
more.” Mr. Napper, for instance, who sends
some very delightful hangings, insists too much
in his wall-papers upon pattern, and in one case
he adopts an exaggerated form for the repeats ;
yet the rest of his work shows how little necessity
there is for such a fertile designer to rnake use of
this poor expedient for real originality.
Mr. Alfred Dennis sent several wall-papers,
hangings, etc. His work shows on the whole an
unusual freedom from over-emphasis of pattern.
Mr. Harold Falkner showed some good examples
of domestic architecture, but the playful and wilful
BY KARL PARSONS
DESIGN FOR
STAINED GLASS
68
two able designs, Nos. 23 and 25, happy in
arrangement and colour, The treatment of the
border in each case was rather unusual, but effec-
live. Mr. Karl Parsons also sent some exhibits
calling for notice. His stained-glass panel, No. 54,
was striking in colour. F. P. Walker contributed
three Cartoons for stained glass.
The bookbindings by Messrs. F. Sangorski &
G. Sutcliffe included some noteworthy examples of
this craft. Their “ Life of Cellini ” shows an able
treatment of borders in gold lines on a dark red
leather, with the Corners and centre partly filled
in with conventional foliage of green leather, inlaid
upon the red. It is a severe and beautiful binding,
although in no way symbolising the lurid and
picturesque life of the artist Cellini. Alfred de
Sauty sent some interesting and richly-bound
volumes, the workmanship being first rate, and
the use of inlaid leather striking, but perhaps a
trifte overdone. The decoration by Christopher
Dean, in the same case, was a good example of
book-page decoration.
The hangings, wall-papers, and printed stuffs
were exceptionally good, and in most cases quiet in
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
F. SANGORSKI & G. SUTCLIFFE
design and pleasant in colour. Too much, how-
ever, is made of pattern in the wall-papers. As
Norman Shaw puts it, “ the general tone of a wall-
paper is the important thing to be desired : it is a
background pure and simple, that and nothing
more.” Mr. Napper, for instance, who sends
some very delightful hangings, insists too much
in his wall-papers upon pattern, and in one case
he adopts an exaggerated form for the repeats ;
yet the rest of his work shows how little necessity
there is for such a fertile designer to rnake use of
this poor expedient for real originality.
Mr. Alfred Dennis sent several wall-papers,
hangings, etc. His work shows on the whole an
unusual freedom from over-emphasis of pattern.
Mr. Harold Falkner showed some good examples
of domestic architecture, but the playful and wilful
BY KARL PARSONS
DESIGN FOR
STAINED GLASS
68