Studio: international art (3.1894)

Awards in " The Studio" Prize Competitions

AWARDS IN " THE STUDIO " t^ie ^est 'n drawmg and design. Saracen (a panel
PRIZE COMPETITIONS dado), in our opinion, comes next, and we are pre-

pared to purchase it."
A Design for Lincrusta-Walton
(A XL).

The setting of this competition ran thus:—
The design may be in any style preferred by the
•competitor, but must be drawn full size in ink
outline, slightly shaded with lines, not wash, and
with "section " showing " relief" clearly indicated.
(The "relief" should bex3Fin.to |in.—not more.)

After excellence of design preference was to
be given to those patterns which were adjudged

second prize

The awards are therefore:

First Prize (Three guineas): Indian (C. R.
Warren, 17 Rossetti Gardens, Chelsea, S.W.);
illustrated.

first prize "indian"

most suitable for use both on the (right and left)
" rake " for stairs and on the " straight."

A fair number of designs were sent in, and the
judges report favourably on the whole. They say:
" The prizes have been carefully inspected, and we
find while there are a number of fairly good ones
among them, they are not generally of great merit,
and some are very poor. The students do not
seem to have made themselves acquainted with the
refinements of a 'relief material; but to have

more in view those appertaining to wall-papers honourable mention " briar rose '

only. The design, Indian (though far too full of

ornament to be of any use to us), is judged to be Second Prize (One and a half 'guineas) : Saracen

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