DOI Heft:
No. 56 (November, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18390#0151
Studio- Talk
BOOKBINDING. " SUNDERLAND DECORATION "
AFTER A " PADELOUP " DESIGN
(By permission of Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland)
the ordinary way. Her Majesty the Queen and
other members of the Royal Family have already
commissioned specimens. As a rule, the most
novel application is seen in the " doublures " (the
lining to the cover), where vellum with exquisitely
dainty patterns, in soft harmonious colours, offers
something entirely new and good. The mechani-
cally perfect qualities of the finest binding are
preserved in Mr. Bagguley's work, which on its
own merits deserves to be placed in the first rank.
For the moment space forbids more description
of the volumes illustrated or of others just finished.
It is rare to find a designer of equal power
planning schemes for book-binding; that is, for a
number of different volumes. In this enterprise
Mr. Leon Solon has accepted the position of art
director. That the " Solon " designs in the " Sun-
derland Decoration " will be the prize of collectors
is a safe prophecy, for everything that makes binding
a fine art is obeyed here, plus the novelty of colour,
which is their own entirely. Experts of eminence,
no less than mere lovers of pretty things, are united
in their approval of an innovation in the one depart-
ment of the applied arts where it is most difficult to
find a novelty which is also a distinct addition to
the finest resources of the craft.
E. 15. S.
BERLIN.—This year's Art Exhibition
was styled " National " to distinguish
it from the International displays,
open to foreigners. Possibly this was
due to the fact that—as had been un-
pleasantly noticeable—the public had been display-
ing special interest in the foreign works exhibited
in Berlin, and had purchased them very freely ? I
cannot tell if this was so, but I may say at once
that the art dealers continue to do the best busi-
ness with Italian and Spanish productions, this
being the kind of work that seems most popular
here.
So this year we were, with a few exceptions, free
from the wicked foreigner. Some there are, espe-
cially in certain art circles, who are much gratified
at all this ; but others, and I think they are right,
hold the opinion that we have had no worse exhi-
bition for years past, and that, if the rivalry of the
simultaneous displays at Dresden, Munich, Stock-
holm, Venice, &c, was too strong, it would have
BOOKBINDING. " SUNDERLAND DECORATION "
AFTER A " PADELOUP " DESIGN
(By permission of Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland)
the ordinary way. Her Majesty the Queen and
other members of the Royal Family have already
commissioned specimens. As a rule, the most
novel application is seen in the " doublures " (the
lining to the cover), where vellum with exquisitely
dainty patterns, in soft harmonious colours, offers
something entirely new and good. The mechani-
cally perfect qualities of the finest binding are
preserved in Mr. Bagguley's work, which on its
own merits deserves to be placed in the first rank.
For the moment space forbids more description
of the volumes illustrated or of others just finished.
It is rare to find a designer of equal power
planning schemes for book-binding; that is, for a
number of different volumes. In this enterprise
Mr. Leon Solon has accepted the position of art
director. That the " Solon " designs in the " Sun-
derland Decoration " will be the prize of collectors
is a safe prophecy, for everything that makes binding
a fine art is obeyed here, plus the novelty of colour,
which is their own entirely. Experts of eminence,
no less than mere lovers of pretty things, are united
in their approval of an innovation in the one depart-
ment of the applied arts where it is most difficult to
find a novelty which is also a distinct addition to
the finest resources of the craft.
E. 15. S.
BERLIN.—This year's Art Exhibition
was styled " National " to distinguish
it from the International displays,
open to foreigners. Possibly this was
due to the fact that—as had been un-
pleasantly noticeable—the public had been display-
ing special interest in the foreign works exhibited
in Berlin, and had purchased them very freely ? I
cannot tell if this was so, but I may say at once
that the art dealers continue to do the best busi-
ness with Italian and Spanish productions, this
being the kind of work that seems most popular
here.
So this year we were, with a few exceptions, free
from the wicked foreigner. Some there are, espe-
cially in certain art circles, who are much gratified
at all this ; but others, and I think they are right,
hold the opinion that we have had no worse exhi-
bition for years past, and that, if the rivalry of the
simultaneous displays at Dresden, Munich, Stock-
holm, Venice, &c, was too strong, it would have