International studio (60.1916/1917)

The Arts and Crafts Exhibition

times at Tyburn or on the way thither from the
City. It represents a seventeenth-century crowd
gathered round a condemned man tied to the
hurdle on which he is being drawn to the place
of execution and drinking from a cup held to his
lips by a charitable bystander. Miss Ethel Kirk-
patrick’s woodcut in colour, Mount's Bay, which is
also illustrated, is treated in the right manner for
the kind of reproduction selected, and the simple
tones of the blue water and pale grey sky, the
white quays and houses, and the orange-coloured
sails of the fishing boats combine to make a
pleasing picture.
Mr. Wallace Elliot’s clock case from a design
by Mr. Allan F. Vigers is of camwood (veneer on
mahogany), inlaid with mother-o-f-pearl and ivory.
The narrow edging of ivory round the entire
border is a happy inspiration, contrasting as it
does with the rich colour of the wood and the
dull silver and gold of the clock-face and its

Mr. Anning Bell were placed. Here most of the
pottery in the exhibition was shown, but Mr.
Thackeray Turner’s painted bowl, with its graceful
internal decoration of floral forms, was exhibited
in the little bedroom designed and arranged by
Mr. and Mrs. Christie and Mr. F. W. Troup.
The ebony china cabinet designed by Mr. Ernest
W. Gimson and executed by Mr. E. Smith will be
remembered as one of the most attractive pieces
of furniture in the room arranged by Mr. Gimson
and Miss May Morris.
There still remain to be illustrated, in addition to
one or two things which could not be reproduced
in time for this article, some examples from the
excellent collection of metal-work and jewellery
already briefly noticed in a preceding article,
and some things from the Retrospective Room,
one of the most interesting sections of the
exhibition. These will appear in an early
number. W. T. Whitley.

surroundings. The clock
was shown at the exhibition
in Domus i, where on the
wall close by it was hung
the subject of another illus-
tration this month, the
stained wood mirror-frame
by Miss J. A. Labrousse,
remarkable for its elaborate
scheme of minute decora-
tion in which figures and
peacocks are introduced.
In Domus i also was ex-
hibited the painted ebony
and walnut cabinet with
seven small drawers, made
and decorated by Mrs.
Louise Powell and Mr.
S. H. Barnsley. Mrs.
Powell and her husband,
Mr. Alfred H. Powell, are
jointly responsible for the
blue and white jar, the
lustre jug with oak-tree
design, and the round dish
with the stag, three pieces
included in the extremely
interesting case of pottery
shown by these artists in
the Municipal Room —
the room in which the
large wall-decorations by
Mr. Clausen, Mr. Sims,


Mr. Greiffenhagen and

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BINDING IN BLACK PIGSKIN OF MALORY’S “ MORTE D’ARTHUR ” (ASHENDENE PRESS).
BY KATHARINE ADAMS (SEE DESCRIPTION ON P. I90)