DOI Heft:
No. 34 (January, 1896)
DOI Artikel:S., E. B.: Afternoons in studios: a chat with Mr. George Frampton
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0226
Interview with George Frarnpton, A.R.A.
more complex and less sumptuous than the finished was difficult to obtain in the size required—per-
work. For as it progressed Mr. Frampton's critical fectly sound and of good pattern. That was the
sense, keenly alive to every possible improvement, chief difficulty. As you see, it follows no accepted
simplified and yet enriched many details. As for style, but is an attempt to carry out a decoration
instance a series of arches
are replaced by a simple row____
of ivory pillars, against a
background of pearl, laid
on in simple rectangular
panels. It is hard in words
to do justice to this trium-
phant example of fine mate-
rials, gorgeously used, with
such artistic restraint that
the whole tells with a cer-
tain simplicity despite all
its ornate detail. In the
front the lower panels are
of stained leather; quiet
surfaces of soft colour of
sufficient weight to balance
the splendour above; then,
through its stories of colour
and lustre, you rise to a -
simple frieze of gold, where-
on a legend is to be in-
scribed, to a gilded cove
which surmounts the central
panels. The paintings by
Mr. Frampton are pro-
bably the first exhibited
specimens of his work, and
are singularly happy in
their convention—the back
of plain silver, with raised
work in gesso on the frames
which enclose panels of old
brocaded silk.
But space forbids our
dwelling longer on this.
" Is this over-mantel for
England ? " I ask.
" No," he replies ; " for a
house in Germany, designed
by Mr. C. Harrison Towns- mm^Mm&:<mm£me^
end. As you see, the whole "music." a silver panel by geokge framptox, a.r.a.
idea has been to preserve /r, , . . , « ,T „ >
1 (By permission of James Mann, Esq.)
the effect of the wood—
which is a picked slab of
American walnut—and to treat it decoratively in suited to wood in a personal manner. Yes ; my
very low-relief. These niche-like panels, and these architectural training is useful for a work of this
capitals, will all take their place in the completed sort."
structure, which I hope may be shown for a few " Those are panels to be executed in silver for a
days before it is finally despatched. The wood door ? "
2 1 I
more complex and less sumptuous than the finished was difficult to obtain in the size required—per-
work. For as it progressed Mr. Frampton's critical fectly sound and of good pattern. That was the
sense, keenly alive to every possible improvement, chief difficulty. As you see, it follows no accepted
simplified and yet enriched many details. As for style, but is an attempt to carry out a decoration
instance a series of arches
are replaced by a simple row____
of ivory pillars, against a
background of pearl, laid
on in simple rectangular
panels. It is hard in words
to do justice to this trium-
phant example of fine mate-
rials, gorgeously used, with
such artistic restraint that
the whole tells with a cer-
tain simplicity despite all
its ornate detail. In the
front the lower panels are
of stained leather; quiet
surfaces of soft colour of
sufficient weight to balance
the splendour above; then,
through its stories of colour
and lustre, you rise to a -
simple frieze of gold, where-
on a legend is to be in-
scribed, to a gilded cove
which surmounts the central
panels. The paintings by
Mr. Frampton are pro-
bably the first exhibited
specimens of his work, and
are singularly happy in
their convention—the back
of plain silver, with raised
work in gesso on the frames
which enclose panels of old
brocaded silk.
But space forbids our
dwelling longer on this.
" Is this over-mantel for
England ? " I ask.
" No," he replies ; " for a
house in Germany, designed
by Mr. C. Harrison Towns- mm^Mm&:<mm£me^
end. As you see, the whole "music." a silver panel by geokge framptox, a.r.a.
idea has been to preserve /r, , . . , « ,T „ >
1 (By permission of James Mann, Esq.)
the effect of the wood—
which is a picked slab of
American walnut—and to treat it decoratively in suited to wood in a personal manner. Yes ; my
very low-relief. These niche-like panels, and these architectural training is useful for a work of this
capitals, will all take their place in the completed sort."
structure, which I hope may be shown for a few " Those are panels to be executed in silver for a
days before it is finally despatched. The wood door ? "
2 1 I