DOI issue:
No. 6 (September, 1893)
DOI article:Gibson, J. S.: Artistic houses
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17188#0243
Artistic Houses
from a pun, gives lightness and music to a of one very individual artist fettered by exist-
stately sentence, this little jest detracts not from ing features not in themselves remarkable, in a
the severe dignity of its surroundings. H. T. building not ideally adapted to his particular style ;
The Music Gallery is in a fine building at Kens- but, on the other hand, with control of many
ington Court, designed by Mr. Thomas Graham matters that do not usually come within the limits
Jackson, A.R.A. The exquisite daintiness of the of either architect or decorator—particularly the
sculptured figures have unavoidably lost no little carpets, which designed specially for the places
of their grace and beauty in reproduction, as their they occupy, form an extremely important feature
position is ill adapted for photographing well. in Mr. Morris's scheme of colour.
In the frontispiece to this part and on pages The dining-room, however, was built anew, and
226, 227, 228, we are permitted to reproduce views in it one feels the larger scope at the artists' dis-
STAIRCASE IN A HOUSE, HANS TLACE, CHELSEA, W. DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSBV
{Photographed by Mr. H. J. L. Masse, Ealing)
of the interior of a very characteristic house— posal has resulted in more complete beauty. Its
Stanmore Hall, Stanmore, the country residence of chimney-piece of solid white marble is, as the
W. K. D'Arcy, Esq. In these the interest lies in illustration shows, of the fashion Mr. Morris
the applied decoration added to a building employed many years ago at his own house at
seventy years old, which had been remodelled Bexley Heath, that wonderful red building which
some time since by Mr. Brightwen Binyon. But proved to be the prototype of all the beautiful
it is only with their final re-decoration that we houses so-called " Queen Anne" revival; although
are concerned here. In this, Messrs. William that house, it may be said in passing, is almost en-
Morris & Co. have had a free hand, not merely in tirely Gothic with strong French influence apparent,
such matters as usually fall within the scope of For this dining-room Mr. Burne-Jones designed
decorators, but in the hangings, furniture, and the tapestry representing events in the Arthurian
carpets. Hence the work shows a cuiious instance cycle, which Messrs. Morris & Co. are still weaving.
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from a pun, gives lightness and music to a of one very individual artist fettered by exist-
stately sentence, this little jest detracts not from ing features not in themselves remarkable, in a
the severe dignity of its surroundings. H. T. building not ideally adapted to his particular style ;
The Music Gallery is in a fine building at Kens- but, on the other hand, with control of many
ington Court, designed by Mr. Thomas Graham matters that do not usually come within the limits
Jackson, A.R.A. The exquisite daintiness of the of either architect or decorator—particularly the
sculptured figures have unavoidably lost no little carpets, which designed specially for the places
of their grace and beauty in reproduction, as their they occupy, form an extremely important feature
position is ill adapted for photographing well. in Mr. Morris's scheme of colour.
In the frontispiece to this part and on pages The dining-room, however, was built anew, and
226, 227, 228, we are permitted to reproduce views in it one feels the larger scope at the artists' dis-
STAIRCASE IN A HOUSE, HANS TLACE, CHELSEA, W. DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSBV
{Photographed by Mr. H. J. L. Masse, Ealing)
of the interior of a very characteristic house— posal has resulted in more complete beauty. Its
Stanmore Hall, Stanmore, the country residence of chimney-piece of solid white marble is, as the
W. K. D'Arcy, Esq. In these the interest lies in illustration shows, of the fashion Mr. Morris
the applied decoration added to a building employed many years ago at his own house at
seventy years old, which had been remodelled Bexley Heath, that wonderful red building which
some time since by Mr. Brightwen Binyon. But proved to be the prototype of all the beautiful
it is only with their final re-decoration that we houses so-called " Queen Anne" revival; although
are concerned here. In this, Messrs. William that house, it may be said in passing, is almost en-
Morris & Co. have had a free hand, not merely in tirely Gothic with strong French influence apparent,
such matters as usually fall within the scope of For this dining-room Mr. Burne-Jones designed
decorators, but in the hangings, furniture, and the tapestry representing events in the Arthurian
carpets. Hence the work shows a cuiious instance cycle, which Messrs. Morris & Co. are still weaving.
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5