DOI Heft:
Nr. 45 (December 1896)
DOI Artikel:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (third notice)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0208
The Arts and Crafts
he has to make beautiful; and, bent only on making
it useful in the highest degree, should arrange the
necessary parts into an harmonious whole. Then
and then alone should he consider the propriety
of embellishing his work by ornamenting certain
portions wherein the carving, casting—or whatever
it be—shall in no way clash with the serviceable
qualities of the object.
An octagonal string-box, a half-pictorial design,
formed of inlaid wood, is a pleasant piece of bric-
a-brac that is carried out in ways perfectly adapted
to the materials employed.
I_ I
STREET LAMP, DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY W. AUMONIER
194
CHAIR, DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY W. SIMPSON
A panel of tiles (page 192 (shows a very ingenious
disposition of pattern, which allows of several dis-
tinct combinations.
Two "■ Aluto " Axminster carpets, manufactured
by Tomkinson and Adam, of Kidderminster, after
Mr. Voysey's designs, are here illustrated, but that
on page 190 is not the one finally hung in the gallery.
Yet, its quaint border of shepherds, unfortunately
marred (like the shepherd in the old ballad) by a
false mitre, and its sheep below trees, must not be
omitted from a notice, because at the last moment
the space it had occupied was needed for other
purposes. It is a very bold departure from all sorts
of precedents we had learned to regard as axioms.
Concerning the others exhibited no difference of
opinion is possible; they are beautiful both in colour
and pattern, and the superb quality of the material
is sufficient ly indicated by the makers' names. As
a pattern, the shepherd and sheep is distinctly inge-
nious, and Mr. Voysey has enticed us to his
point of view so often that possibly after more
familiarity we could accept it as legitimate; but
he has to make beautiful; and, bent only on making
it useful in the highest degree, should arrange the
necessary parts into an harmonious whole. Then
and then alone should he consider the propriety
of embellishing his work by ornamenting certain
portions wherein the carving, casting—or whatever
it be—shall in no way clash with the serviceable
qualities of the object.
An octagonal string-box, a half-pictorial design,
formed of inlaid wood, is a pleasant piece of bric-
a-brac that is carried out in ways perfectly adapted
to the materials employed.
I_ I
STREET LAMP, DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY W. AUMONIER
194
CHAIR, DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY W. SIMPSON
A panel of tiles (page 192 (shows a very ingenious
disposition of pattern, which allows of several dis-
tinct combinations.
Two "■ Aluto " Axminster carpets, manufactured
by Tomkinson and Adam, of Kidderminster, after
Mr. Voysey's designs, are here illustrated, but that
on page 190 is not the one finally hung in the gallery.
Yet, its quaint border of shepherds, unfortunately
marred (like the shepherd in the old ballad) by a
false mitre, and its sheep below trees, must not be
omitted from a notice, because at the last moment
the space it had occupied was needed for other
purposes. It is a very bold departure from all sorts
of precedents we had learned to regard as axioms.
Concerning the others exhibited no difference of
opinion is possible; they are beautiful both in colour
and pattern, and the superb quality of the material
is sufficient ly indicated by the makers' names. As
a pattern, the shepherd and sheep is distinctly inge-
nious, and Mr. Voysey has enticed us to his
point of view so often that possibly after more
familiarity we could accept it as legitimate; but