DOI issue:
No. 60 (March, 1898)
DOI article:Mourey, Gabriel: Decorative art in Paris: the exhibition of "The Six"
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18391#0102
Decorative Art in Paris
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the same scale as those on the handles. The
larger-sized leaf is too boldly treated compared
with the smaller, always remembering they are
seen close together on a very limited surface.
The display offered by M. E. Moreau-Nelaton
is scarcely adequate to satisfy the demands we
are justified in making on an artist so conscien-
tious, so interesting as he. His Calendar for
1898, in the form of a hand-screen, with a
wooden mounting, incrusted with copper—the
work of M. Plumet—comprises twelve litho-
graphs in colour, purely decorative in style, with
the almanac for each month displayed amidst a
wealth of flowers and fruit and other ornamental
designs of great simplicity both in drawing and
in colour. M. Moreau-Nelaton also exhibits a
fire-guard, a screen in fine-stitched tapestry, and
some decorative borders in silk embroidery, exe-
cuted by Madame E. Moreau-Nelaton. These
latter are charming, and were evidently inspired
by Japanese motifs, while the screen is based
86
on the Gothic. The embroidery work is quite
admirable, and indeed approaches absolute per-
fection in delicacy, in taste, and in sureness of
treatment. On seeing this exquisitely feminine
work, one needs must feel a touch of respectful
sorrow at the thought of the tragic fate of her
whose fingers wrought it ; for she perished in
the frightful catastrophe at the Bazar de la
Charite, while devoting herself, as was the con-
stant habit of her daily life, to the work of
assisting the poor.
M. Charles Plumet's contributions consist of
a desk, a bookcase, styled a bibliotheque-carton-
nier, and an etagcre. He may be warmly con-
gratulated on his evident and ever-increasing
efforts in the direction of simplicity. The lower
part of his bookcase consists of a set of drawers,
flanked right and left by tall pigeon-holes for
large volumes. As for the upper portion, the
WALL-PAPER BY FELIX AUBERT
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the same scale as those on the handles. The
larger-sized leaf is too boldly treated compared
with the smaller, always remembering they are
seen close together on a very limited surface.
The display offered by M. E. Moreau-Nelaton
is scarcely adequate to satisfy the demands we
are justified in making on an artist so conscien-
tious, so interesting as he. His Calendar for
1898, in the form of a hand-screen, with a
wooden mounting, incrusted with copper—the
work of M. Plumet—comprises twelve litho-
graphs in colour, purely decorative in style, with
the almanac for each month displayed amidst a
wealth of flowers and fruit and other ornamental
designs of great simplicity both in drawing and
in colour. M. Moreau-Nelaton also exhibits a
fire-guard, a screen in fine-stitched tapestry, and
some decorative borders in silk embroidery, exe-
cuted by Madame E. Moreau-Nelaton. These
latter are charming, and were evidently inspired
by Japanese motifs, while the screen is based
86
on the Gothic. The embroidery work is quite
admirable, and indeed approaches absolute per-
fection in delicacy, in taste, and in sureness of
treatment. On seeing this exquisitely feminine
work, one needs must feel a touch of respectful
sorrow at the thought of the tragic fate of her
whose fingers wrought it ; for she perished in
the frightful catastrophe at the Bazar de la
Charite, while devoting herself, as was the con-
stant habit of her daily life, to the work of
assisting the poor.
M. Charles Plumet's contributions consist of
a desk, a bookcase, styled a bibliotheque-carton-
nier, and an etagcre. He may be warmly con-
gratulated on his evident and ever-increasing
efforts in the direction of simplicity. The lower
part of his bookcase consists of a set of drawers,
flanked right and left by tall pigeon-holes for
large volumes. As for the upper portion, the
WALL-PAPER BY FELIX AUBERT