DOI Heft:
No. 52 (July, 1897)
DOI Artikel:White, Gleeson: Some Glasgow designers and their work, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0108
Some Glasgow Designers
of the material, but allow
V sufficient spaces for play of
■ light to 8ive a metallic
effect to the design. This
^ ^v<rt reveals the craftsman not
less than the artist; for
f^S^XJP^. designers unaccustomed
4| gai, ^^^2S|^ to the actual manipula-
§Mf ' tion of metal are apt to
wJBHPlk forget its intrinsic beauty,
^flfiHBfci^W' jbn^ an(^ U) l°ave ^ no import-
jll^^^KR^I .v JpBk ant part in the composi-
te ^wl ,ai ^£§lPk tion. The one in beaten
tin is on a simple stand,
^^^MEHI l)Ut tne otner m brass is
on a white enamelled
r jRlHl framing with considerable
'mm WmfmSm character in its form. I Jut
mF£mm it is in this especially that
MstM one feels the absence of
white woodwork above the
JP&jSHEi face of the clock, and
f jjBSHHp Jm^mar- W doubts arise whether a
I^HpPP^ circular form is quite happy
* JgK^^Kmtfjr as the crown of a structure
JHBPjfl| quadrangular in plan, espe-
^^PPPBP*^^mHB| cially when it seems like a
Jjj|NK silhouette on an object
vaft**1^ otherwise modelled in the
KKlSH| round. The subject of
this dial is " the hours
blowing dandelion seeds."
HHH The line pair of candle
sconces (one of which is
illustrated) hang in Mr.
Talwin Morris's dining-
COPPER SCONCE DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY M. AND F. MACDONALD ...
/„. .. . • z? \ room, where a settle exhi-
\By permission of Talwin Moms, Esq.)
bited at the last Arts and
Crafts, and other beautiful
In a notice of the last Arts and Crafts Exhibi- pieces of furniture and metal, prove how admirably
tion which appeared in The Studio reference was the work of Glasgow adapts itself to domestic sur-
made to a clock then exhibited, which was illus- roundings. These sconces are in beaten copper, with
trated with two large panels of beaten silver rich swelling surfaces that exhibit the colour of the
(Vol. IX. p. 203). The two clocks here illustrated metal to the best advantage. A conceit—favoured
(page 95) show the unusual combination of a dial by more than one of the school " the ever-watchful
with pendant weights upon an open stand. eye"—is not only incorporated with the design, but
Whether in each case the unity of the metal with repeated by the nails that project through the eve-
the wood support has been quite achieved may be lets (literally eyelets here) that support the whole,
left an open question. Most probably the sense of A pair of candlesticks, 27 inches high, in beaten
something missing, where the wood suddenly gives brass, devised and executed by Miss Frances Mac-
way to metal, is due to the fact that we are accus- donald alone, are also here. A mirror frame, with
tomed to a complete wooden case, with the metal the appropriate subject "Vanity," in beaten lead,
face framed therein. These dials are wrought in and a pair of sconces in beaten brass, here illus-
Low relief in designs that do not efface the surface trated, need no comment. The latter are con-
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of the material, but allow
V sufficient spaces for play of
■ light to 8ive a metallic
effect to the design. This
^ ^v<rt reveals the craftsman not
less than the artist; for
f^S^XJP^. designers unaccustomed
4| gai, ^^^2S|^ to the actual manipula-
§Mf ' tion of metal are apt to
wJBHPlk forget its intrinsic beauty,
^flfiHBfci^W' jbn^ an(^ U) l°ave ^ no import-
jll^^^KR^I .v JpBk ant part in the composi-
te ^wl ,ai ^£§lPk tion. The one in beaten
tin is on a simple stand,
^^^MEHI l)Ut tne otner m brass is
on a white enamelled
r jRlHl framing with considerable
'mm WmfmSm character in its form. I Jut
mF£mm it is in this especially that
MstM one feels the absence of
white woodwork above the
JP&jSHEi face of the clock, and
f jjBSHHp Jm^mar- W doubts arise whether a
I^HpPP^ circular form is quite happy
* JgK^^Kmtfjr as the crown of a structure
JHBPjfl| quadrangular in plan, espe-
^^PPPBP*^^mHB| cially when it seems like a
Jjj|NK silhouette on an object
vaft**1^ otherwise modelled in the
KKlSH| round. The subject of
this dial is " the hours
blowing dandelion seeds."
HHH The line pair of candle
sconces (one of which is
illustrated) hang in Mr.
Talwin Morris's dining-
COPPER SCONCE DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY M. AND F. MACDONALD ...
/„. .. . • z? \ room, where a settle exhi-
\By permission of Talwin Moms, Esq.)
bited at the last Arts and
Crafts, and other beautiful
In a notice of the last Arts and Crafts Exhibi- pieces of furniture and metal, prove how admirably
tion which appeared in The Studio reference was the work of Glasgow adapts itself to domestic sur-
made to a clock then exhibited, which was illus- roundings. These sconces are in beaten copper, with
trated with two large panels of beaten silver rich swelling surfaces that exhibit the colour of the
(Vol. IX. p. 203). The two clocks here illustrated metal to the best advantage. A conceit—favoured
(page 95) show the unusual combination of a dial by more than one of the school " the ever-watchful
with pendant weights upon an open stand. eye"—is not only incorporated with the design, but
Whether in each case the unity of the metal with repeated by the nails that project through the eve-
the wood support has been quite achieved may be lets (literally eyelets here) that support the whole,
left an open question. Most probably the sense of A pair of candlesticks, 27 inches high, in beaten
something missing, where the wood suddenly gives brass, devised and executed by Miss Frances Mac-
way to metal, is due to the fact that we are accus- donald alone, are also here. A mirror frame, with
tomed to a complete wooden case, with the metal the appropriate subject "Vanity," in beaten lead,
face framed therein. These dials are wrought in and a pair of sconces in beaten brass, here illus-
Low relief in designs that do not efface the surface trated, need no comment. The latter are con-
91