International studio (34.1908)

Studio- Talk


MARQUETRY CABINET IN EBONY, HOLLY AND WALNUT BY ERNEST W. GIMSON

Winter. There was more
sense of atmosphere in
the grey canvases of
Mr. Neave than in the
others, a truer interpre-
tation of the effects in
which for the most part
the buildings or the
wharves of London are
to be seen. There
was a considerable
feeling of life in the
street scenes of Mr.
Edgar Downs, but all
the exhibits were inter-
esting from one or other
point of view.

work by Miss Ethel Yiitue, Mrs. Had-
away, Miss A. Mullins, and Mrs. East-
lake called for mention.

Amongst the limited number of English
craftsmen who are turning their attention
to domestic furniture none have attained
more success than Mr. Ernest W. Gimson.
This fact was brought home to us once
more when viewing the exhibition of his
work recently held at Messrs. Debenham
& Freebody’s galleries. Here were shown
a number of examples, original in design
and displaying perfect workmanship. The
chief features of Mr. Gimson’s work are
simplicity of form, good construction,
absence of over-decoration, and unerring
judgment in the selection of the woods
used. And these qualities, we maintain,
should form the keynote of all good
modern furniture. The cabinet and
the stationery-box inlaid with mother-of-
pearl which we illustrate on this page
are typical of Mr. Gimson’s best work.
Some interesting examples of his iron-
work were also shown, of which a pair of
fire-dogs in bright steel, pierced and
chased, is reproduced overleaf.

At the New Dudley Gallery in January,
six artists exhibited some pictures of
London — Messrs. A. E. Bottomley,
Owen Bowen, Edgar Downs, A. Car-
ruthers Gould, David Neave, Tatton


EBONY CABINET AND STATIONERY BOX INLAID WITH MOTHER-
OF-PEARL BY ERNEST W. GIMSON
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