International studio (35.1908)

Studio-Talk



DONKEY FRIEZE

EXECUTED AT THE GODOLLO SCHOOL OF WEAVING
( Hungarian Exhibition, Earl's Court)

talents so long suppressed in the people of
the country. The traditional art of Hungary
must be sought for, not in buildings, paint-
ings, and sculptures—for
these perish where war
and oppression rule, as
they did for so many
centuries in Hungary—
but in the needlework,
weaving, pottery and such-
like crafts, where alone
the artistic expression has
been able to thrive.

one of which we repro-
duce among our illustra-
tions, showing an inter-
esting inorganic design ;
tapestry - carpets, akin to
those made in Norway;
bold figure designs flatly
delineated, and true tapes-
try, arras, executed with
praiseworthy care, but still
lacking the fine qualities
which gave distinction to
the Flemish tapestries.
In the choice of the
colours employed in these
woven fabrics no fault can
be found; the hues are never crude, but are
always modified so that the combining of many
different colours is generally safely accomplished.

The craft that seems
most deserving of the
leading place in modern
work is undoubtedly the
making of carpets and
tapestries. Perhaps it is
to be expected that the
most oriental of western
countries should succeed
best in the craft mostly
associated with the East.
At present the industry of
weaving is — so far as
modern development is
concerned — in its child-
hood, but its future
success, artistic as well as
commercial, seems happily
certain. We have in one
room some excellent ex-
amples of the three distinct
branches of loom-work,
each of them worthy of
attention ; pile - carpets,
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DESIGNED BY ARrAD DEKANI
(Hungarian Exhibition, Earl's Court)