International studio (60.1916/1917)

The Decorative Arts in America

line, and a life and resiliency which suggest some
strange and inexplicable alliance with the very
genii of the metal.
In the delicate and beautiful filigree work of
MissKnight, and in the Doric simplicity and well-
conceived motifs of Mr. Clark and Mr. Ellis,
there is discernible an emancipation and an ap-
plication of taste and intelligence which is one of
the most hopeful characteristics of the American
decorative arts.
The efforts of Mr. Koralewski and Mr. Yellin


SYMBOLIC AMERICAN TILE-WORK IN THE HOME OF
MR. HENRY MERCER

to preserve the art of hand-wrought iron in this
country are deserving of great credit, and their
many excellent achievements of modern crafts-
manship and design have not failed to remind us
of its value.
An interesting substitute for leaded stained
glass has been discovered by Mr. John Bacon.

This glass, after being subjected to a certain
process, can be engraved and painted upon,
allowing great freedom in composition and colour.


BATIK WALL HANGING
DESIGNED BY BERTRAM C. HARTMANN
EXECUTED IN MEYER STUDIOS

When Mr. Harvey Chatfield disregarded the
usual flaunting grapes, winecups, dishes of gold
and pearls of tradition in his binding of a rare
edition of Omar, and substituted, instead, a sin-
gle design of exquisite grace and precision, neither
round nor oval, but representing the full bloom of
the rose—a new departure was made in an old
and venerable craft. The high-water mark in the
art of bookbinding was supposed to have been
reached in the gorgeous, elaborate and intricate
gold-tooled bindings of the French. To Mr.
Chatfield, however, the binding of a book is to
hold something, and not merely a surface to
cover. As its construction, or forwarding, must
reveal its strength and solidarity, so its decora-
tion must suggest, not in hackneyed symbol, but
in tone and feeling, the character of its contents.

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