Studio: international art (17.1899)

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is, indeed, excellent work,
and well deserving the
attention of those inte-
rested therein. At the
Champ de Mars, too, one
should note the appliquk
embroideries by M. L.
Bonvallet—highly charac-
teristic decorative panels,
excellent alike in design,
in colouring, and in con-
ception. One of them is
now reproduced.

G. M.

FIRE-SCREEN

DESIGNED BY L. BONVALLET

Much of the charm of the originals is lost in the
black-and-white reproductions, but the illustrations
suffice to give an idea of the excellent quality of the

work. —-

M. Plumet and M. Tony Selmer-
sheim have just put the finishing touches
on a restaurant facing the new Opera
Comique, and on a shop at the corner
of the Rue Drouot, in which they have
given free rein to their fancy, the result
being two remarkable examples of deco-
rative art. The dining-room decoration
for M. Edouard Detaille, carried out
by M. Plumet and M. Tony Selmer-
sheim—two illustrations of which ap-
pear on pages 194 and 195—will afford
a fair idea of the excellence of the two
artists’ recent work.

Antwerp.—

On the occa-
sion of the
opening of
his new
studio, No. 10, Rue Co-
quilhat, Henry Luyten in-
vited his numerous ad-
mirers to inspect a large
collection of his works,
old and new. Those able
to judge must have been
struck by the great advance
in the young artist’s mode of expression and
general conception. One saw there side by side
with works of ten and twelve years ago, interesting

Among the various interesting works
displayed in the “ Objets d’Art ” section
of the salon of the Societe Nationale,
the copper door-plates by M. T. Lam-
bert were specially remarkable. Those
now reproduced give a good idea of
the artist’s cleverness and fancy. It
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