DOI issue:
Nr. 78 (Septembre 1899)
DOI article:Wood, Esther: The national competition at South Kensington, 1899
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19232#0293
The National
same difficulty has been well met by James Hodgen,
of Belfast, in a design for a counterpane,
which is quite refreshingly old-world in texture
and style. The centre is occupied by a decoration
of peacocks, in which the vis-a-vis arrangement of
the birds is graceful and quaint. The border,
though carefully worked out, is not quite up to the
same level. The material is cotton, and the
design is wrought in white on pale china-blue.
Thus by the way of mural decoration, household
linen and the lighter textiles, we find ourselves again
among the needlework, in which some very tasteful
design and execution yet remain to be noticed.
Competition
Amy Strongman, of Dumbarton, sends a set of
panels for a fire-screen, in applique embroidery,
with a design adapted from the wild rose. The
conventional treatment of the flower is extremely
good. The same praise applies to a border of
violets for passementerie embroidery, by Ida F.
Ravaison, of Holloway, in which the natural habit
of the flower is remarkably well maintained, while
a very pretty and ample border-pattern is accom-
plished. An ineradicable prejudice against glass
beads, due to Ruskin and the memory of assorted
penny packets, impels us to suggest that this
design would be no less beautiful if carried out in
silks.
Another excellent fire-
screen comes from Helen
Faulkner, of Birmingham,
with a bold and picturesque
design of a ship, good
alike in drawing and in the
finished embroidery ; and
yet another from Grace
Boston, of Battersea, con-
trastingly light and slender
in style, and composed of
a group of water-plants,
ably conventionalised, with
fish beneath. There are
also several interesting
book-covers in this section.
One by Mary G. Simpson,
Lambeth, is especially de-
lightful ; it is a design for
Songs of Ireland, in sham-
rock and gold. The artist
has obeyed the golden rule
of rejecting every super-
fluous detail from the de-
coration, and the result
is a wonderfully simple,
strong, and satisfying piece
of work. Katherine War-
ren, of Nottingham, also
sends a good book-cover
and a very tasteful design
for a fan, drawn out and
executed with admirable
feeling and care.
The women students of
the New Cross school have
established quite a reputa-
tion in decorative metal,
which has been seen not
only at South Kensington,
259
RESIQNS FOR SILVER.
SPOON. 7-
enamelled II f
mm
K
mm ','1
pptP-CM
m
SALT SPOON
TO A.
SALT SPOON j
to b. «
FANCY /M SPOON.
DESIGNS FOR SILVER
BY harry B. NORRIS (Birmingham, Vittoria Street)
same difficulty has been well met by James Hodgen,
of Belfast, in a design for a counterpane,
which is quite refreshingly old-world in texture
and style. The centre is occupied by a decoration
of peacocks, in which the vis-a-vis arrangement of
the birds is graceful and quaint. The border,
though carefully worked out, is not quite up to the
same level. The material is cotton, and the
design is wrought in white on pale china-blue.
Thus by the way of mural decoration, household
linen and the lighter textiles, we find ourselves again
among the needlework, in which some very tasteful
design and execution yet remain to be noticed.
Competition
Amy Strongman, of Dumbarton, sends a set of
panels for a fire-screen, in applique embroidery,
with a design adapted from the wild rose. The
conventional treatment of the flower is extremely
good. The same praise applies to a border of
violets for passementerie embroidery, by Ida F.
Ravaison, of Holloway, in which the natural habit
of the flower is remarkably well maintained, while
a very pretty and ample border-pattern is accom-
plished. An ineradicable prejudice against glass
beads, due to Ruskin and the memory of assorted
penny packets, impels us to suggest that this
design would be no less beautiful if carried out in
silks.
Another excellent fire-
screen comes from Helen
Faulkner, of Birmingham,
with a bold and picturesque
design of a ship, good
alike in drawing and in the
finished embroidery ; and
yet another from Grace
Boston, of Battersea, con-
trastingly light and slender
in style, and composed of
a group of water-plants,
ably conventionalised, with
fish beneath. There are
also several interesting
book-covers in this section.
One by Mary G. Simpson,
Lambeth, is especially de-
lightful ; it is a design for
Songs of Ireland, in sham-
rock and gold. The artist
has obeyed the golden rule
of rejecting every super-
fluous detail from the de-
coration, and the result
is a wonderfully simple,
strong, and satisfying piece
of work. Katherine War-
ren, of Nottingham, also
sends a good book-cover
and a very tasteful design
for a fan, drawn out and
executed with admirable
feeling and care.
The women students of
the New Cross school have
established quite a reputa-
tion in decorative metal,
which has been seen not
only at South Kensington,
259
RESIQNS FOR SILVER.
SPOON. 7-
enamelled II f
mm
K
mm ','1
pptP-CM
m
SALT SPOON
TO A.
SALT SPOON j
to b. «
FANCY /M SPOON.
DESIGNS FOR SILVER
BY harry B. NORRIS (Birmingham, Vittoria Street)