DOI Heft:
No. 28 (July, 1895)
DOI Artikel:W., G.: The Manchester arts and crafts: second exhibition$nElektronische Ressource
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17294#0158
Manchester Arts and Crafts
plate—in fact, so closely is it suggested that one
might easily copy a veritable stencil, replacing the
paper by lead to gain a similar effect. Another
" sundial" window has landscapes etched on an
opaque ground, yet another has a rude mediaeval
street scene, drawn, as it were, in thick lead-lines.
Altogether the artist shows considerable ingenuity
in obtaining novel features by legitimate means.
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft showed
a very interesting group of designs, carvings and
metal-work. A trade circular for a laundry, by
Winifred Smith, E. H. New, and W. H. Bidlake,
is a triune effort for a very slight matter, that is
worth the trouble all the same. Two admirable
copper bowls (p. 138), by T. Ducrow, are in
"della robbia " vase. by h. rathbone
the shelf, thin columns of brass are placed in the
angles of the pilasters, and flat plates of brass
employed to give an effect of strength to the
framing of the fireplace. Among other novelties
shown by this firm, a series of registered designs
in brass trays, wherein radiating ridges impart
stability to the flat surface of the tray and divide
it into segmental panels, each duly ornamented;
and some excellent table ware, deserve special
mention.
A series of designs and actual lights, of stained-
glass windows, by Oscar Paterson, of Glasgow,
show many novel features. In two of them, the
leading is evidently inspired by a Japanese stencil- " della robbia " ware by h. rathbone
every way satisfactory. Some
brass and copper fittings, by
A. S. Dixon and H. Parker,
also deserve warm praise, their
simplicity and fitness make
them far more artistic than
many more elaborate attempts.
The Keswick School of In-
dustrial Arts had a large case
full of work, less notable for
its designs than for its handi-
work. C. R. Ashbee, in a
group of jewellery, silver ware,
and other objects, made by the
Guild and School of Handi-
craft, Essex House, E., deserves
far more space than can be
"della robbia" ware by h. rathbone given here; in a future number
i39
plate—in fact, so closely is it suggested that one
might easily copy a veritable stencil, replacing the
paper by lead to gain a similar effect. Another
" sundial" window has landscapes etched on an
opaque ground, yet another has a rude mediaeval
street scene, drawn, as it were, in thick lead-lines.
Altogether the artist shows considerable ingenuity
in obtaining novel features by legitimate means.
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft showed
a very interesting group of designs, carvings and
metal-work. A trade circular for a laundry, by
Winifred Smith, E. H. New, and W. H. Bidlake,
is a triune effort for a very slight matter, that is
worth the trouble all the same. Two admirable
copper bowls (p. 138), by T. Ducrow, are in
"della robbia " vase. by h. rathbone
the shelf, thin columns of brass are placed in the
angles of the pilasters, and flat plates of brass
employed to give an effect of strength to the
framing of the fireplace. Among other novelties
shown by this firm, a series of registered designs
in brass trays, wherein radiating ridges impart
stability to the flat surface of the tray and divide
it into segmental panels, each duly ornamented;
and some excellent table ware, deserve special
mention.
A series of designs and actual lights, of stained-
glass windows, by Oscar Paterson, of Glasgow,
show many novel features. In two of them, the
leading is evidently inspired by a Japanese stencil- " della robbia " ware by h. rathbone
every way satisfactory. Some
brass and copper fittings, by
A. S. Dixon and H. Parker,
also deserve warm praise, their
simplicity and fitness make
them far more artistic than
many more elaborate attempts.
The Keswick School of In-
dustrial Arts had a large case
full of work, less notable for
its designs than for its handi-
work. C. R. Ashbee, in a
group of jewellery, silver ware,
and other objects, made by the
Guild and School of Handi-
craft, Essex House, E., deserves
far more space than can be
"della robbia" ware by h. rathbone given here; in a future number
i39