DOI issue:
Nr. 164 (October, 1910)
DOI article:The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1910, at South Kensington
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19867#0401
The National Competition of Schools of Art, igio
during the past decade some admirable tiles
have made their appearance, now and again,
in the exhibitions at South Kensington. There
was nothing in the recent exhibition quite so
good as the set of tiles shown two or three
years ago by Albert Mountford of Burslem,
although some of the examples that have
gained awards showed real beauty of colour
BOOK DECORATION BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LA11BETH)
made for them. Particularly good were some of
the pencil drawings of the heads in his designs.
The decoration of the tile has always been a
favourite exercise for the student - designer, and
BOOK-PLATE. BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LAMBETH)
302
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LAMBETH)
and design. Lilian Elise San Garde sent from
Accrington School of Art some small, oblong,
majolica tiles with a design of heraldic lions that
deserve high praise; and Charles E. Cundall, of
Levenshulme, a young student who has several
times gained high honours in the National Art
Competition, narrowly missed a gold medal this
year for his tiles in sgraffito and lustre. Charming,
too, were the small tiles in blue and silver, hexag-
onal in shape, shown by Reco Capey, of Stoke-
on-Trent (Burslem) School of Art; and rich, fine
colour distinguished the tiles (part of a design for
during the past decade some admirable tiles
have made their appearance, now and again,
in the exhibitions at South Kensington. There
was nothing in the recent exhibition quite so
good as the set of tiles shown two or three
years ago by Albert Mountford of Burslem,
although some of the examples that have
gained awards showed real beauty of colour
BOOK DECORATION BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LA11BETH)
made for them. Particularly good were some of
the pencil drawings of the heads in his designs.
The decoration of the tile has always been a
favourite exercise for the student - designer, and
BOOK-PLATE. BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LAMBETH)
302
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY DOROTHY M. PAYNE (LAMBETH)
and design. Lilian Elise San Garde sent from
Accrington School of Art some small, oblong,
majolica tiles with a design of heraldic lions that
deserve high praise; and Charles E. Cundall, of
Levenshulme, a young student who has several
times gained high honours in the National Art
Competition, narrowly missed a gold medal this
year for his tiles in sgraffito and lustre. Charming,
too, were the small tiles in blue and silver, hexag-
onal in shape, shown by Reco Capey, of Stoke-
on-Trent (Burslem) School of Art; and rich, fine
colour distinguished the tiles (part of a design for