Studio: international art (18.1900)

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jewellery designed by c. r. asiibee

executed by the guild of handicraft

that it is perfectly justifiable to include lime-
washing. Another feature is one to which, it seems
to us, exception may fairly be taken—viz., that the
legs are fashioned in the shape of a skeleton pier
of four rectangular shafts, resting on the corners of
a square slab, which itself is balanced on the top
of a round ball for base. This form of support,
reminiscent as it is of late smithing, we do not con-
sider suitable for weight-carrying in cabinet-work,
Some pieces of furniture under notice are, then, because the shafts, conducting to nothing corre-
exclusively due to his inception. The writing- sponding underneath, are thus without any appa-
cabinet in grey oak has been the subject of not a rent centre of gravity. This defect might have
little criticism, and may on that account be taken, been remedied easily by the insertion of a central
for better or for worse, as an embodiment of more pillar to make a direct bond of continuity between
striking qualities than the remaining examples. To the superstructure and the foot. For the rest, the
begin with, the greyness of the limewash, which rhythmic proportions and the straight structural
produces much the same appearance as weathering, lines, always restful to the eye, impart a special
is a novel experiment in cabinet-work. However, attractiveness to this as also to the other pieces
the artist contends that,
since oak left in its natural
state does not retain its
original properties of sur-
face unchanged, it de-
mands some kind of treat-
ment to keep it in condi-
tion. An oak plank bench
or table one may scrub
with soap and water, but
in the case of fine cabinet-
work it is out of the ques-
tion. In default various
processes are adopted, as
oiling, fuming, staining,
polishing, varnishing, or

even painting ; in which enamel buckles designed by c. r. ashbf.e

category Mr. Ashbee holds executed by the guild of handicraft

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