DOI Heft:
Nr. 46 (January 1897)
DOI Artikel:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (final article)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0287
The Arts and Crafts
POTTERY PANEL " RESTING " BY LEON V. SOLON
the "bulging boards" of many an old volume.
For sheer novelty and a very definitely sustained
intention, Mr. D. S. MacColl's designs stand abso-
lutely alone ; and this amazing freshness is accom-
plished with a very curious air of distinction, the
last quality one finds mated with the unusual in
the majority of " new " designs. The actual bind-
ing, so far as one could judge it without handling,
seemed extremely good, and the tooling was as free
and delicate in its manipulation as one could desire.
We hope shortly to be able to deal more fully with
this work.
The Case of Bookbindings, " designed, exe-
cuted, and exhibited by the Doves Bindery (T. J.
Cobden-Sanderson, Douglas Cockerell, Charles
MacCleish, Charles Wilkinson, and Bessie Hooley)"
contained a fine Kelmscott' Chaucer in white pig-
skin tooled in gold with a pattern of flowing lines
and solid gold leaves. Around the margin of the
cover ran a quotation from the poet enshrined
in this beautiful binding. The same sumptuous
folio was shown in a blind-tooled binding from
a design by William Morris, which, conceived in
the spirit of the old English covers, was all the same
typical of its author. The rich curves and the
bold decision of the drawing of the vine made one
regret that so very few books owe their enrichment
to the artist who loved them so well. Le Morte
d? Arthur, half-bound in white pig-skin, with
mahogany boards and silver bosses and clasps
(by R. Catterson Smith), is made a unique copy
by the painting from the hands of Sir Edward
Burne-Jones that adorns it. A very beautiful
binding for Atalanta in Calydon, and a delightful
"FALCON" WALL-PAPER DESIGNED BY INGRAM TAYLOR
EXECUTED BY MESSRS. JEFFREY & CO.
271
POTTERY PANEL " RESTING " BY LEON V. SOLON
the "bulging boards" of many an old volume.
For sheer novelty and a very definitely sustained
intention, Mr. D. S. MacColl's designs stand abso-
lutely alone ; and this amazing freshness is accom-
plished with a very curious air of distinction, the
last quality one finds mated with the unusual in
the majority of " new " designs. The actual bind-
ing, so far as one could judge it without handling,
seemed extremely good, and the tooling was as free
and delicate in its manipulation as one could desire.
We hope shortly to be able to deal more fully with
this work.
The Case of Bookbindings, " designed, exe-
cuted, and exhibited by the Doves Bindery (T. J.
Cobden-Sanderson, Douglas Cockerell, Charles
MacCleish, Charles Wilkinson, and Bessie Hooley)"
contained a fine Kelmscott' Chaucer in white pig-
skin tooled in gold with a pattern of flowing lines
and solid gold leaves. Around the margin of the
cover ran a quotation from the poet enshrined
in this beautiful binding. The same sumptuous
folio was shown in a blind-tooled binding from
a design by William Morris, which, conceived in
the spirit of the old English covers, was all the same
typical of its author. The rich curves and the
bold decision of the drawing of the vine made one
regret that so very few books owe their enrichment
to the artist who loved them so well. Le Morte
d? Arthur, half-bound in white pig-skin, with
mahogany boards and silver bosses and clasps
(by R. Catterson Smith), is made a unique copy
by the painting from the hands of Sir Edward
Burne-Jones that adorns it. A very beautiful
binding for Atalanta in Calydon, and a delightful
"FALCON" WALL-PAPER DESIGNED BY INGRAM TAYLOR
EXECUTED BY MESSRS. JEFFREY & CO.
271