International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

met with in the saloan of an hotei, for instance;
the apartments to be dealt with are those which the
ship's designer provides, with curved sides, odd
corners, a framework of iron pihars and girders
which cannot be got rid of and have hitherto
usually been concealed in casing or transformed
into columns of a ciassic order. The problem,
therefore, which presented itseif, was one of con-
siderabie difhculty and cahed for a fundamentaliy
novel solution; and how happily Bruno Paul has
accomplished the solution is shown by the accom-
panying illustrations of the great reading saloon.

This " interior" was among those included in
this year's Munich Exhibition, and attracted the
greatest amount of attention. Perfect in its beauty
it represents the thoughtful creation of an artist
of mature experience. Kept throughout in sub-
dued tones and devoid of all external ornamenta-
tion, its aspect is that of distinguished restfulness,
and it also looks more spacious than it actually is.
The ingenious way in which the furniture has
been disposed adds to the architectural effect of
the whole. The bookcases are let into the walls

and placed between the permanently hxed writing-
tables, so that all nooks and corners are utilized
to the best advantage. An example of Bruno
Paul's resourcefulness is seen in the right-hand
iHustration on page 153, where he has utilized
the iron pillars as parts of an arrangement of
lounges, thereby eliminating a disturbing ele-
ment and materially enhancing the usefulness
of the apartment. And in the parlour and
sleeping cabins again we hnd the wished-for sub-
stantiality going hand-in-hand with unostentatious
elegance.

The designer of the " Kaiser" cabins on the
" George Washington," Herr Rudolf A. Schroder,
has striven to meet the needs of a class accustomed
to luxury, not, however, by anything in the shape of
ostentatious display, but rather by that quality of
refmement which was peculiar to the old French
designers of furniture, though it must be acknow-
ledged that he has not in the least sought to
imitate them. Schroder is aman of a poetic tempera-
ment, and while his interiors are free from affecta-
tion or hdgetiness, they are dominated by a rhythm


READING ROOM ON THE NORDDEUTSCHER H.OYD SS. " GEORGE WASHINGTON." DESIGNED BY FROF BRUNO PAUL
EXECUTED BY THE VEREINIGTE WERKSTATTEN FUR KUNST IM HANDWERK, A.G , MUNICH AND BREMEN
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