DOI Heft:
Nr. 43 (October 1896)
DOI Artikel:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (first notice)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0069
The Arts and Crafts
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CARTOON FOR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
BY WALTER CRANE
Two pieces of needlework, designed by this
artist, and delightfully executed by Mrs. Walter
Crane, a book-cover and a pillow, are also illus-
trated here (see page 58).
One of the most important objects this year is un-
questionably the huge mantelpiece (see page 51) in
the North Gallery, designed by Mr. C. Harrison
Townsend,and with carving executed by Mr. George
Frampton, A.R.A. It is a work that owes little to
precedent, and is yet infused with the best traditions
of the past. Indeed, without eulogising it beyond its
legitimate merit, one might claim that it supplies
suggestions for a new architectural style. You can-
not father it upon Gothic or Renaissance ancestors.
It owes no more to Norman Shaw than to Welby
Pugin. Even Queen Anne could not enfold it
within the ample cloak of her charity, that covers a
multitude of architectural virtues and sins. Pos-
CARTOON FOR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
BY WALTER CRANE
57
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CARTOON FOR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
BY WALTER CRANE
Two pieces of needlework, designed by this
artist, and delightfully executed by Mrs. Walter
Crane, a book-cover and a pillow, are also illus-
trated here (see page 58).
One of the most important objects this year is un-
questionably the huge mantelpiece (see page 51) in
the North Gallery, designed by Mr. C. Harrison
Townsend,and with carving executed by Mr. George
Frampton, A.R.A. It is a work that owes little to
precedent, and is yet infused with the best traditions
of the past. Indeed, without eulogising it beyond its
legitimate merit, one might claim that it supplies
suggestions for a new architectural style. You can-
not father it upon Gothic or Renaissance ancestors.
It owes no more to Norman Shaw than to Welby
Pugin. Even Queen Anne could not enfold it
within the ample cloak of her charity, that covers a
multitude of architectural virtues and sins. Pos-
CARTOON FOR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
BY WALTER CRANE
57