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started a school of their
own, and he after a time
being obliged to give up
teaching to pursue other
work, the entire manage-
ment of the school fell to
his wife. Her success as a
teacher is shown by the
fact that at least half a
dozen of her pupils have
themselves become teachers
in one or other technical
school.

The illustrations on
pages 324 and 325 re-
present work done by Frau
Langer-Schlaffke, her hus-
band, and pupils. Of
these the chief, of course,
tin lamps (See Liibeck Studio- Talk) by herr bosse, lubeck 's large wa^ hanging

is steady and in the right
direction. In the course
of the past year a little
exhibition that attracted
considerable attention in
the town was that in which
Frau Langer-Schlaffke, wife
of the painter, Josef Langer,
showed examples of em-
broideries executed by her
and her pupils.

Trained at the Royal Art
School at Breslau, where
she was a pupil of her future
husband, Frau Langer-
Schlaffke began to devote
herself to embroidery after
finishing her course at the
school, and her produc-
tions found their way into
exhibitions in various art
centres, including Berlin
and London. Before her
marriage she was teacher
of needlework, first to the
Frauenbildungs-Verein at
Breslau, and afterwards at
the Industrial School,
Posen. On her marriage
she and her husband
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MONUMENT FOR FAMILY GRAVE BY F. COUBILLIER
(See DiisseldorJ Studio■ Talk)