International studio (58.1916)

Ernest Batchelder and his Tiles


Ernest batchelder and his
TILES. BY MABEL
URMY SEARES
The redemption of the world of art
by means of a descent of the Gothic spirit into
the clay of our commercialism is but one mani-

festation of an age in which spiritual life and
social service are regaining a dominant place.
Artists, designers, students and the whole body
of travelling art lovers have long made intensive
study of the Gothic shrines of Europe, bringing
home more or less of an art there entombed. The
knowledge thus obtained, together with the


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