The Arts and Crafts
ivory casket with enamels designed and executed by alexander fisher
was found possible, there
seems to be no abstract
reason why contemporary
costume should be deemed
unfit for decoration; pro-
vided always the one who
experiments with it is
capable of restraining its
triviality within due bounds.
That Mr. Solon has suc-
ceeded many will be wil-
ling to admit. But of all
problems that beset an up-
to-date decorator this is
possibly the most danger-
ous. Outside a famous
cafe in the Boulevard des
Italiens, a series of panels,
suggested obviously enough
by the modern poster, have
been executed in perma-
nent material. At present
ing to point out certain effects which have been they are most pleasing, but of course the real test of
gained by novel means. But, in the absence of their intrinsic merit will be proved only when the
colour, it would be impossible to explain clearly mode which to-day seems so graceful and chic
what these qualities are,
which give the four panels
in question an interest quite
apart from the intrinsic
merits of their design. Le
Printemps is perhaps the
most successful in both
composition and colour,
the latter quality being rich
and refined, a brilliant
scheme, wherein purples,
greens, and blues predomi-
nate. In Resting, certain
etched lines upon the
marble seat impart a curious
"quality" to the work. As
an attempt to bring ac-
tuality and modernity into
pure decoration, the result
is distinctly happy. The
throned figure holding a
heart is another attempt
to add dignity to the or-
dinary fashion of the hour.
As one might expect, so
bold an experiment has not
been accepted without
protest. But as we know
that in former centuries it pottery panel by leon v. solon
269
ivory casket with enamels designed and executed by alexander fisher
was found possible, there
seems to be no abstract
reason why contemporary
costume should be deemed
unfit for decoration; pro-
vided always the one who
experiments with it is
capable of restraining its
triviality within due bounds.
That Mr. Solon has suc-
ceeded many will be wil-
ling to admit. But of all
problems that beset an up-
to-date decorator this is
possibly the most danger-
ous. Outside a famous
cafe in the Boulevard des
Italiens, a series of panels,
suggested obviously enough
by the modern poster, have
been executed in perma-
nent material. At present
ing to point out certain effects which have been they are most pleasing, but of course the real test of
gained by novel means. But, in the absence of their intrinsic merit will be proved only when the
colour, it would be impossible to explain clearly mode which to-day seems so graceful and chic
what these qualities are,
which give the four panels
in question an interest quite
apart from the intrinsic
merits of their design. Le
Printemps is perhaps the
most successful in both
composition and colour,
the latter quality being rich
and refined, a brilliant
scheme, wherein purples,
greens, and blues predomi-
nate. In Resting, certain
etched lines upon the
marble seat impart a curious
"quality" to the work. As
an attempt to bring ac-
tuality and modernity into
pure decoration, the result
is distinctly happy. The
throned figure holding a
heart is another attempt
to add dignity to the or-
dinary fashion of the hour.
As one might expect, so
bold an experiment has not
been accepted without
protest. But as we know
that in former centuries it pottery panel by leon v. solon
269