DOI issue:
Nr. 45 (December 1896)
DOI article:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (third notice)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0214
The Arts and Crafts
suggestive forms for the latest method of lighting flying, is a delightful rendering of a fine man-o'-war,
rooms. which may have taken part in the Spanish Armada.
Two Book-plates are rather disappointing, espe- Although by no means flat in treatment, the
cially to collectors who remember a peculiarly decorative effect is so well managed that you are
fine example Mr. Lethaby designed for the Archi- quite willing to strain the theory of design as
tectural Association. Photographs of a church applied to needlework sufficiently to include this
and a country house, the first of these in conjunc- picture in stitches among notable pieces of its kind.
It is always a matter of
regret that the refined and
distinguished work of Mr.
Selwyn Image is so com-
paratively rarely seen. Here
cartoons for stained glass,
St. Peter and Cornelius,
and a design for glass ex-
hibited the qualities we have
learned to expect. But
when destitute of colour it
is an open question if car-
toons should be exhibited
even although they are as
beautifully wrought as
these. A cushion em-
broidered by Miss C. G.
Trower and others, from
Mr. Image's design, is here
illustrated (page 201); and
bearing in mind the diffi-
culties which confronted the
photographer, the repro-
duction may be accepted
as the best possible. Yet
it fails to convey the balance
of the original, as the crocus
blossoms do not keep their
true place in the scheme.
Worked on brown and
white damask the overlaid
pattern is most happily
managed. This, unfortu-
nately, was the total of Mr.
Image's share in the recent
exhibition. Remembering
the influence the design for
decorative panel, designed by aldam heaton ^he COVer 01 The Cetlhiry
executed by ellen heaton Guild Hobby Horse exer-
cised upon the younger
tion with Mr. Ernest Newton, and the latter designers, and the charming compositions which
entirely by Mr. Lethaby, completes his contri- Mr. Selwyn Image has shown in former years, one
butions for this year. is still more disappointed, that so little appeared this
A fine piece of decorative needlework by time.
Mrs. Heaton, designed by Aldam Heaton, suffers The Vigil, a statue in coloured plaster (page
by being set in an ornate gold and white frame. 202), by W. R. Colton, and a model of the same
The argosy with broidered sails and pennons artist's fountain (lately opened to the public in
suggestive forms for the latest method of lighting flying, is a delightful rendering of a fine man-o'-war,
rooms. which may have taken part in the Spanish Armada.
Two Book-plates are rather disappointing, espe- Although by no means flat in treatment, the
cially to collectors who remember a peculiarly decorative effect is so well managed that you are
fine example Mr. Lethaby designed for the Archi- quite willing to strain the theory of design as
tectural Association. Photographs of a church applied to needlework sufficiently to include this
and a country house, the first of these in conjunc- picture in stitches among notable pieces of its kind.
It is always a matter of
regret that the refined and
distinguished work of Mr.
Selwyn Image is so com-
paratively rarely seen. Here
cartoons for stained glass,
St. Peter and Cornelius,
and a design for glass ex-
hibited the qualities we have
learned to expect. But
when destitute of colour it
is an open question if car-
toons should be exhibited
even although they are as
beautifully wrought as
these. A cushion em-
broidered by Miss C. G.
Trower and others, from
Mr. Image's design, is here
illustrated (page 201); and
bearing in mind the diffi-
culties which confronted the
photographer, the repro-
duction may be accepted
as the best possible. Yet
it fails to convey the balance
of the original, as the crocus
blossoms do not keep their
true place in the scheme.
Worked on brown and
white damask the overlaid
pattern is most happily
managed. This, unfortu-
nately, was the total of Mr.
Image's share in the recent
exhibition. Remembering
the influence the design for
decorative panel, designed by aldam heaton ^he COVer 01 The Cetlhiry
executed by ellen heaton Guild Hobby Horse exer-
cised upon the younger
tion with Mr. Ernest Newton, and the latter designers, and the charming compositions which
entirely by Mr. Lethaby, completes his contri- Mr. Selwyn Image has shown in former years, one
butions for this year. is still more disappointed, that so little appeared this
A fine piece of decorative needlework by time.
Mrs. Heaton, designed by Aldam Heaton, suffers The Vigil, a statue in coloured plaster (page
by being set in an ornate gold and white frame. 202), by W. R. Colton, and a model of the same
The argosy with broidered sails and pennons artist's fountain (lately opened to the public in