Studio: international art (15.1899)

Shtdio- Talk

best without hindrance; and the other things
executed by the worker merely to gratify his per-
sonal whim. In this latter class come savage carv-
ings, the jewellery, weapons, and home furniture
of peasants, and the trifles that men (or women)
make to adorn their own homes. Of this sort
is a chest made by Mr. Hughes Stanton, the
well-known painter, the joint author of a series
of wall-paintings of Joan of Arc, reproduced
lately in these pages. It is a chest covered with

CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL ON STEEL BY E. CRAIGIE

the pleasant texture of its surface and its really
fine proportions. The exhibition held immense
promise for the future.

It is possible that all the objects of applied
design which delight us—whether old or new—
fall into two great sections—the one embracing
commissions given to the craftsman, regardless
of cost, and leaving him full control to do his

COPPER AND ENAMEL BOX BY S. C. CURTIS

green velvet, and orna-
mented with bands of
pierced pewter studded
with iron nails. These
bands are laid over a darker
green fabric, and here and
there this, with other pieces
of different coloured satins
and velvets underlaid, shows
through the interstices of
the pierced metal. Two
painted panels of angels are
also introduced, and their
introduction is perhaps open
to argument. In themselves
they are most charming bits

BUCKLE IN SILVER, ENAMEL, AND MOTHER-O'-PEARL BY S. C CURTIS of WOrk, but the finer art of

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