International studio (58.1916)

Studio- Talk


APPLIQU& COSY (FRENCH)
(Needlecraft Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art—
Lent by Mrs. Brown of Kilmacolm)

were some remarkable examples of work by their

studied at

be made of the various rag-mats
designed and executed to avoid dirt
and dust by Mrs. Thomson. Instead
of the rags being passed through the
canvas ground and left loose in the
usual manner, the strips of material
are passed up and down through
the ground each time in a series
of wave-like folds. There was a
varied display of samplers, and
peasant art figured conspicuously
throughout the exhibition, including
capital examples of old Ayrshire lace,
caps and shawls. E. A. T.

North wales. — Miss
Budig A. Pughe, whose
water-colour of The
Shakespeare Memorial
Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, we repro-
duce opposite, has travelled far and
wide in search of subject since she
the Liverpool School of Art under

chief instructor, Miss Ann Macbeth. The exhibi-

Mr. Finnie, but no place has evoked her sym-

tion, too, provided abundant scope for comparison.
Charming examples from Royal Households,
unique private collections, and various art schools
were all judiciously arranged. Priestly vestments,
altar-cloths, and other embroideries pertaining to

pathies more deeply than the little Warwickshire
town on the banks of the Avon, as testified by
many drawings she has made of its buildings and
scenery. The work of this Welsh artist is often to
be seen at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and

the Church formed a rare galaxy of colour.
Amongst the more modern examples a dalmatic
of blue brocade, designed and executed by Mrs.
Christine D. Sickert, was particularly attractive.

also at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute,
and other important exhibitions in London and
elsewhere.

Its medallions of linen embroidered with por-
traits of children completed a distinctly fascina-
ting robe. Worthy, too, of careful study for its
marvellous skill, the little round panel Richard
Coeur de Lion, embroidered by Madame Elise
Prioleau from the design by Jessie M. King,
was uncommonly distinguished. Amongst
other interesting examples of embroidery incor-
porating the figure was a child’s bedspread,
with an angel centre and lily surround, designed
by Miss Helen Gorrie and executed by Mrs.
W. Inglis, its delightful motive being one wrell
calculated to charm the slumbers of some
fortunate little one. Quaintly interesting, too,
was a pair of christening gloves on a cushion
of pink silk with small pearl at each corner,
embroidered by Miss May Morris from a
design by Mr. Charles Ricketts. Some
cushion covers by Miss Mary Newbery were


at once arresting by their thoughtful use
and harmony of material. Mention must also

CUSHION BY CATHARINE OLIVER
(Needlecraft Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art)

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