DOI issue:
Nr. 43 (October 1896)
DOI article:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (first notice)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0068
The Arts and Crafts
frieze is peculiarly happy in form
and colour, and would be perhaps
even more enjoyable with a plain
filling below, than with the all-over
design of flower, The Meadow, in-
tended to be used with it. More
pleasant that is, if pictures and
bric-a-brac are to find a place on
the wall. But for rooms that re-
quire a wall decorated completely
in itself, this very harmonious paper
would give a peculiarly rich effect.
Another design, The Fig and Peacock
(see page 55), and its frieze, The Pea-
cock and Vine, are shown in the
design, and in two different prints.
A tall cartoon in colour for
stained glass is hung in the central
hall, and others also in colour in
the north gallery, are Death and
Disease, and Son of Righteousness.
These justify their presence more
than do many, too many, cartoons
in black and white by other artists,
which, partaking of the nature of
working drawings, do not lend them-
selves to exhibition. design for table linen by walter crane
ry. , j c i 1 {From the original Cartoon. By permission of Messrs. John
Two capital designs for damask 1 15 „,., „ „ .
r 6 Wilson &■ Sons)
table linen (John Wilson
& Sons), also by Mr.
Walter Crane, are in the
balcony. They harmonise
with the d'Oyleys made
by the same firm, which
were at the last Exhibition
of the Society, and are
often visible in the well-
appointed window in Bond
Street, where Messrs. Wil-
son prove that good taste
in English-made goods is
still available for those who
can appreciate it. So long
as the manufacturer is
tempted by commercial
reasons to produce ugly
things, it is the bare duty
of all concerned with art to
applaud the few who are
willing, often at a personal
loss, to make experiments
design for table linen by walter crane
(From the original Cartoon. By permission of Messrs.
John Wilson & Sons) With better things
56
frieze is peculiarly happy in form
and colour, and would be perhaps
even more enjoyable with a plain
filling below, than with the all-over
design of flower, The Meadow, in-
tended to be used with it. More
pleasant that is, if pictures and
bric-a-brac are to find a place on
the wall. But for rooms that re-
quire a wall decorated completely
in itself, this very harmonious paper
would give a peculiarly rich effect.
Another design, The Fig and Peacock
(see page 55), and its frieze, The Pea-
cock and Vine, are shown in the
design, and in two different prints.
A tall cartoon in colour for
stained glass is hung in the central
hall, and others also in colour in
the north gallery, are Death and
Disease, and Son of Righteousness.
These justify their presence more
than do many, too many, cartoons
in black and white by other artists,
which, partaking of the nature of
working drawings, do not lend them-
selves to exhibition. design for table linen by walter crane
ry. , j c i 1 {From the original Cartoon. By permission of Messrs. John
Two capital designs for damask 1 15 „,., „ „ .
r 6 Wilson &■ Sons)
table linen (John Wilson
& Sons), also by Mr.
Walter Crane, are in the
balcony. They harmonise
with the d'Oyleys made
by the same firm, which
were at the last Exhibition
of the Society, and are
often visible in the well-
appointed window in Bond
Street, where Messrs. Wil-
son prove that good taste
in English-made goods is
still available for those who
can appreciate it. So long
as the manufacturer is
tempted by commercial
reasons to produce ugly
things, it is the bare duty
of all concerned with art to
applaud the few who are
willing, often at a personal
loss, to make experiments
design for table linen by walter crane
(From the original Cartoon. By permission of Messrs.
John Wilson & Sons) With better things
56