DOI issue:
No. 119 (January, 1907)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28250#0287
Studio-Talk
JEWELLERY STAND BY G. LERCHE
were responsible, so far as the ensemble is concerned.
It was a prominent feature in our section, its only
defect being a certain exuberance, for which, how-
ever, the national temperament, rather than either
of the artists concerned, must be held responsible.
The Sicchirollos also designed a room for an
inn, in connection with a competition started by
the Touring Club, and the restraint shown in this
apartment is matter for congratulation. Several
other competitors, aiming at simplicity, likewise
obtained remarkable results, quite in keeping with
the fine idea of the organisers of the concours.
Among the exhibits in the Italian pavilion deserv-
ing a visit were those of MM. Monti & Co., of Milan ;
M. Valabrega, of Turin; MM. Cutler & Girard,
furniture makers, of Florence ; and M. V. Ducrot, of
Palermo. The latter, with whom M. Basile of
Palermo is associated as designer, showed furniture
almost Louis Seize in style, which, however, was
inferior to his modernist dining-room furniture.
This plan of applying ancient forms to present-day
furniture is not to be encouraged; but the firm had
some coloured examples of novel pattern, remotely
inspired by the Sicilian painted cars, which reveal
a style worthy of cultivation, and seem to have a
future before them. The association of these two
Sicilians is deserving of note, for nothing like it
exists in that extreme region of the peninsula, and
MM. Ducrot and Basile, both quite young men still,
are likely to be most useful to the cause of modern
decorative art in Italy, particularly in the south.
In a different style excellent work has been done
for some years past by M. Miranda, of Naples, for
whom one may predict a future worthy of the grand
Italian traditions. M. Miranda is one of Italy’s
art gold-workers, one of those quite exceptional
artists who will not subordinate art to commerce.
In a little display in the Italian Pavilion he showed
a number of jewels, etc., among them a golden
ring inspired by Dante’s poem, “ The Infernal
Tempest.” It was the most interesting thing in the
exhibition.
I must not forget the wrought-iron work of MM.
BOWL AND STAND BY G. LERCH'E
Mazzucotelli, Engelmann & Co., of Milan, whose
display—which was completely destroyed—once
again gave evidence of the great power of an artist,
the first of his kind in Italy, and one who resolutely
believes in the modern aesthetic movement. M.
Mazzucotelli, a young man full of energy, is not
only the designer but the executant of his work.
He has, however, a tendency, which should not be
encouraged, to give his metal a flat, almost stone-
like appearance.
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JEWELLERY STAND BY G. LERCHE
were responsible, so far as the ensemble is concerned.
It was a prominent feature in our section, its only
defect being a certain exuberance, for which, how-
ever, the national temperament, rather than either
of the artists concerned, must be held responsible.
The Sicchirollos also designed a room for an
inn, in connection with a competition started by
the Touring Club, and the restraint shown in this
apartment is matter for congratulation. Several
other competitors, aiming at simplicity, likewise
obtained remarkable results, quite in keeping with
the fine idea of the organisers of the concours.
Among the exhibits in the Italian pavilion deserv-
ing a visit were those of MM. Monti & Co., of Milan ;
M. Valabrega, of Turin; MM. Cutler & Girard,
furniture makers, of Florence ; and M. V. Ducrot, of
Palermo. The latter, with whom M. Basile of
Palermo is associated as designer, showed furniture
almost Louis Seize in style, which, however, was
inferior to his modernist dining-room furniture.
This plan of applying ancient forms to present-day
furniture is not to be encouraged; but the firm had
some coloured examples of novel pattern, remotely
inspired by the Sicilian painted cars, which reveal
a style worthy of cultivation, and seem to have a
future before them. The association of these two
Sicilians is deserving of note, for nothing like it
exists in that extreme region of the peninsula, and
MM. Ducrot and Basile, both quite young men still,
are likely to be most useful to the cause of modern
decorative art in Italy, particularly in the south.
In a different style excellent work has been done
for some years past by M. Miranda, of Naples, for
whom one may predict a future worthy of the grand
Italian traditions. M. Miranda is one of Italy’s
art gold-workers, one of those quite exceptional
artists who will not subordinate art to commerce.
In a little display in the Italian Pavilion he showed
a number of jewels, etc., among them a golden
ring inspired by Dante’s poem, “ The Infernal
Tempest.” It was the most interesting thing in the
exhibition.
I must not forget the wrought-iron work of MM.
BOWL AND STAND BY G. LERCH'E
Mazzucotelli, Engelmann & Co., of Milan, whose
display—which was completely destroyed—once
again gave evidence of the great power of an artist,
the first of his kind in Italy, and one who resolutely
believes in the modern aesthetic movement. M.
Mazzucotelli, a young man full of energy, is not
only the designer but the executant of his work.
He has, however, a tendency, which should not be
encouraged, to give his metal a flat, almost stone-
like appearance.
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