DOI Heft:
No. 81 (December, 1899)
DOI Artikel:British decorative art in 1899, and the Arts And Crafts Exhibition, [3]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0204
Arts and Crafts
stance in which some sort of applied decoration is
not introduced, sparingly, it is true, yet so judi-
ciously that the rigid main lines act as a foil to set
off the ornament with the more telling effect. The
chair with the upholstered seat and heart-shaped
inlay and gesso flowers on the rail at the back, as
also the armchair, are executed in teak, a favourite
wood of the artist's, and one which he is employing
throughout for the interior fittings of a house
designed by him, and now in course of construction
at Bournemouth. The third, a small chair, with a
sort of ogival pediment at the top, is of oak.
Other objects are a table, its oval top resting upon
by walter cave
executed by r. nash
an octagonal frame, with carved walnut
panels let in; and a small gesso-panelled
bookcase designed especially to contain
Dent's edition of Scott.
In connection with the illustrations pub-
lished in the present number there should
be recalled the picture frames reproduced
in May 1898. Each of these is interesting,
because it shows how cleverly Mr. Jarvis
has dealt with the problem of the admissi-
bility of easel pictures in house decoration.
Recognising the fact that the average type
of frame rather increases the difficulty than
otherwise, because it confines and isolates
the picture from its surroundings, Mr. Jarvis
would have the frame to supply the neces-
sary connecting link between the picture
and the room where it is hung. And so he
constructs it not, as the common custom is,
j 1 - in the form of a mitred border, but as
H^Hj ft^MgM^' t-- WML square-jointed framing, in the same way that
r ■ ' a door is made, and gives it moreover a
distinct cornice above and plinth below.
Finally he embellishes it with ornamental
alms-box by wai.ter cave title or other device that carries out the idea
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stance in which some sort of applied decoration is
not introduced, sparingly, it is true, yet so judi-
ciously that the rigid main lines act as a foil to set
off the ornament with the more telling effect. The
chair with the upholstered seat and heart-shaped
inlay and gesso flowers on the rail at the back, as
also the armchair, are executed in teak, a favourite
wood of the artist's, and one which he is employing
throughout for the interior fittings of a house
designed by him, and now in course of construction
at Bournemouth. The third, a small chair, with a
sort of ogival pediment at the top, is of oak.
Other objects are a table, its oval top resting upon
by walter cave
executed by r. nash
an octagonal frame, with carved walnut
panels let in; and a small gesso-panelled
bookcase designed especially to contain
Dent's edition of Scott.
In connection with the illustrations pub-
lished in the present number there should
be recalled the picture frames reproduced
in May 1898. Each of these is interesting,
because it shows how cleverly Mr. Jarvis
has dealt with the problem of the admissi-
bility of easel pictures in house decoration.
Recognising the fact that the average type
of frame rather increases the difficulty than
otherwise, because it confines and isolates
the picture from its surroundings, Mr. Jarvis
would have the frame to supply the neces-
sary connecting link between the picture
and the room where it is hung. And so he
constructs it not, as the common custom is,
j 1 - in the form of a mitred border, but as
H^Hj ft^MgM^' t-- WML square-jointed framing, in the same way that
r ■ ' a door is made, and gives it moreover a
distinct cornice above and plinth below.
Finally he embellishes it with ornamental
alms-box by wai.ter cave title or other device that carries out the idea
181