DOI Heft:
No. 11 (February, 1894)
DOI Artikel:Awards in "The Studio" prize competitions, [1]
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Awards in "The Studio" Competitions
not sufficiently appropriate. Ira Moor (A. L. certain features of the design, or carried all over it
Walbank, 109 Main Street, Bingley, Yorks) : the as circumstances direct, is novel and striking
medallion spoils a really beautiful design. Water with great beauty of its own. The frieze is made
Lily, No. 2 (C. A. Allen, 50 Lome Street, Kidder- in panels of iridescent copper, 42 inches long
minster): an admirable design. (costing about 12s. 6d. each). These might be
An Embroidered or Painted Sermon
Case (C. 2).
In this competition the designs show, as a rule,
an absence of freshness or novelty without any
reference to the purpose of the design.
First Prize, One guinea {Stella, Miss Rachel
Barclay, Carwinian Cottage, Falmouth).
Second Prize, Half a guinea (Yawner, Miss
Trixie Offord, 46 St. Giles', Norwich).
Honourable mention is awarded to :—
Ahab (A. E. Bell, 4 Royal Crescent, Edin-
burgh) : a pleasant border with a good central
device. Campsie (Miss Kate Garrard, Campsie,
Hayne Road, Beckenham): a rich pattern in gold
and red and black. Chomin (Miss J. Mitchell,
21 Crescent Road, Sharrow, Sheffield) : a very
appropriate design. Gesso (Miss Ada Clegg, 25
Alfred Place, Bedford Square, W.C.): good, but
not severe enough. Hazel-nut (Miss A. Hazell,
Castle Street, Farnham) : a pleasant arrangement.
Judy (Miss H. Woods, 74 Mill Road, Cambridge):
not novel, but commendable. Penelope (Miss A.
M. Erskine, Martin Manor, Horncastle) : quite
suitable and pleasant. Sparrcnv (C. H. B. Quen-
nell, 44 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth): a
good design, more suitable perhaps for embroidery
than the fpainted leather the artist suggests. St.
Bride's (A. C. Powell, Townfield, Dorking): a really
beautiful design, but more adapted for painting
than needle-work. _
" VENETIA." DESIGNED BV STEPHEN WEBB
For some time past the embossed leather papers,
issued by Messrs. Jeffery & Co., the well-known employed with good effect in the upper oanek nf
paper-stainers of Islington, have been scarcely dis- a fairly high wooden dado In such a noriri
tinguishable from veritable embossed leather. Now the light striking on the embossed surface wnnM
they have introduced a still more novel wall hang- play on the iridescence lustre with rich effect Of
ing, viz., in thin sheets of actual copper in low course the copper untouched might be nrrfAAMk
relief. The frieze by Mr. Stephen Webb and the in many schemes of colour, wteregreater *SS
filling, we are permitted to reproduce, are made and breadth were required The Peacock C T
also in leather-like paper; but treated in copper Mr. Walter Crane's well-known design comes om
with a fine iridescence which can be kept to peculiarly well with this lustre treatment
'BOYS.AND DOLPHINS." A FRIEZE IN IRIDESCENT COPPER. DESIGNED BY STEPHEN WEBB
191
not sufficiently appropriate. Ira Moor (A. L. certain features of the design, or carried all over it
Walbank, 109 Main Street, Bingley, Yorks) : the as circumstances direct, is novel and striking
medallion spoils a really beautiful design. Water with great beauty of its own. The frieze is made
Lily, No. 2 (C. A. Allen, 50 Lome Street, Kidder- in panels of iridescent copper, 42 inches long
minster): an admirable design. (costing about 12s. 6d. each). These might be
An Embroidered or Painted Sermon
Case (C. 2).
In this competition the designs show, as a rule,
an absence of freshness or novelty without any
reference to the purpose of the design.
First Prize, One guinea {Stella, Miss Rachel
Barclay, Carwinian Cottage, Falmouth).
Second Prize, Half a guinea (Yawner, Miss
Trixie Offord, 46 St. Giles', Norwich).
Honourable mention is awarded to :—
Ahab (A. E. Bell, 4 Royal Crescent, Edin-
burgh) : a pleasant border with a good central
device. Campsie (Miss Kate Garrard, Campsie,
Hayne Road, Beckenham): a rich pattern in gold
and red and black. Chomin (Miss J. Mitchell,
21 Crescent Road, Sharrow, Sheffield) : a very
appropriate design. Gesso (Miss Ada Clegg, 25
Alfred Place, Bedford Square, W.C.): good, but
not severe enough. Hazel-nut (Miss A. Hazell,
Castle Street, Farnham) : a pleasant arrangement.
Judy (Miss H. Woods, 74 Mill Road, Cambridge):
not novel, but commendable. Penelope (Miss A.
M. Erskine, Martin Manor, Horncastle) : quite
suitable and pleasant. Sparrcnv (C. H. B. Quen-
nell, 44 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth): a
good design, more suitable perhaps for embroidery
than the fpainted leather the artist suggests. St.
Bride's (A. C. Powell, Townfield, Dorking): a really
beautiful design, but more adapted for painting
than needle-work. _
" VENETIA." DESIGNED BV STEPHEN WEBB
For some time past the embossed leather papers,
issued by Messrs. Jeffery & Co., the well-known employed with good effect in the upper oanek nf
paper-stainers of Islington, have been scarcely dis- a fairly high wooden dado In such a noriri
tinguishable from veritable embossed leather. Now the light striking on the embossed surface wnnM
they have introduced a still more novel wall hang- play on the iridescence lustre with rich effect Of
ing, viz., in thin sheets of actual copper in low course the copper untouched might be nrrfAAMk
relief. The frieze by Mr. Stephen Webb and the in many schemes of colour, wteregreater *SS
filling, we are permitted to reproduce, are made and breadth were required The Peacock C T
also in leather-like paper; but treated in copper Mr. Walter Crane's well-known design comes om
with a fine iridescence which can be kept to peculiarly well with this lustre treatment
'BOYS.AND DOLPHINS." A FRIEZE IN IRIDESCENT COPPER. DESIGNED BY STEPHEN WEBB
191