DOI Heft:
No. 137 (July, 1908)
DOI Artikel:R., T.: The craft section at the New Gallery
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28255#0078
Crafts at the New Gallery
RACK OF SILVER HAND MIRROR
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
FLORENCE H. STEELE
BACK OF SILVER HAND MIRROR
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY MRS. DICK
that the material is not properly respected,
the little group of vases -have a sober
leathery appearance which is very pleasing
to the eye; and the forms as well as the
colours are good, and are comfortably
various.
There are a good many exhibits where
the higher branches of art are involved,
plaques and models in high and low relief of the human figure serving
to decorate useful objects. Perhaps the most graceful figure work is
that of Miss Florence Steele on vases, cups and caskets, showing
strength, knowledge, and a definite tenderness of feeling. The way in
which the given spaces are filled show her to be a designer of skill.
It is a matter of regret that the more serious craft of stained glass is
not represented by a larger number of exhibitors, seeing that at the
present day England stands ahead of other countries in the manufacture
of beautiful glass, and since there are several men of high artistic
standing who devote time to this craft. In France, as yet, artists have
contented themselves with furnishing cartoons, which have been carried
out by firms in glass of an inferior quality, whilst in England the woik
is actually carried out by artists, with trained craftsmen under them, in
a quality of glass which bears comparison with that of the finest periods
in the past. Cartoons and designs are exhibited by Arild Rosenkrantz
and George Kruger, but one would like to have seen also the work of
Selwyn Image, Anning Bell, and Moira.
60
opium-smokf.r's outfit
IN SILVER AND ENAMEL
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY MRS. DICK
Needlework is represented by Miss May Morris and
a few other ladies; but there is none that calls for
special notice, save perhaps the crewel-work of Miss
Newill, almost primitive in its frank simplicity of design
and colours.
There are a number of needlework pictures exhibited,
landscape pictures mostly,which giveone food forthought.
They are skilfully, even artistically done, but the
legitimacy of this work as an art may frankly be ques-
tioned. The honourable uses of the needle are
manifold, and they may
not be infringed
honestly. Every kind
of embroidery deserves
consideration, but here
the needle usurps the
RACK OF SILVER HAND MIRROR
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
FLORENCE H. STEELE
BACK OF SILVER HAND MIRROR
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY MRS. DICK
that the material is not properly respected,
the little group of vases -have a sober
leathery appearance which is very pleasing
to the eye; and the forms as well as the
colours are good, and are comfortably
various.
There are a good many exhibits where
the higher branches of art are involved,
plaques and models in high and low relief of the human figure serving
to decorate useful objects. Perhaps the most graceful figure work is
that of Miss Florence Steele on vases, cups and caskets, showing
strength, knowledge, and a definite tenderness of feeling. The way in
which the given spaces are filled show her to be a designer of skill.
It is a matter of regret that the more serious craft of stained glass is
not represented by a larger number of exhibitors, seeing that at the
present day England stands ahead of other countries in the manufacture
of beautiful glass, and since there are several men of high artistic
standing who devote time to this craft. In France, as yet, artists have
contented themselves with furnishing cartoons, which have been carried
out by firms in glass of an inferior quality, whilst in England the woik
is actually carried out by artists, with trained craftsmen under them, in
a quality of glass which bears comparison with that of the finest periods
in the past. Cartoons and designs are exhibited by Arild Rosenkrantz
and George Kruger, but one would like to have seen also the work of
Selwyn Image, Anning Bell, and Moira.
60
opium-smokf.r's outfit
IN SILVER AND ENAMEL
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY MRS. DICK
Needlework is represented by Miss May Morris and
a few other ladies; but there is none that calls for
special notice, save perhaps the crewel-work of Miss
Newill, almost primitive in its frank simplicity of design
and colours.
There are a number of needlework pictures exhibited,
landscape pictures mostly,which giveone food forthought.
They are skilfully, even artistically done, but the
legitimacy of this work as an art may frankly be ques-
tioned. The honourable uses of the needle are
manifold, and they may
not be infringed
honestly. Every kind
of embroidery deserves
consideration, but here
the needle usurps the