Studio: international art (18.1900)

Arts and Crafts

cupboard designed ry wickham jarvis

achievement of which he is
proudest is the having won
the approbation of William
Morris, from whom he re-
ceived successive commis-
sions to illuminate " The
Roots of the Mountains,"
and two copies of "Syr
Percyvelle of Gales." Mr.
Reuter has just finished
illuminating, for a private
order, a copy of Morris's
lecture on Gothic Architec-
ture. The specimen shown
at the Arts and Crafts Ex-
hibition is a memorial son-
net to William Morris, com-
posed and illuminated by
Mr. Reuter. Though some
of the characters suggest the
influence of an earlier style
of lettering, the ornament
presents the general charac-
ter of illuminated manu-
scripts belonging to the
period of the first half of
of proficiency. The means the fifteenth century,

employed by him are simple
enough, to wit, ordinary
water - colours, mixed with
Chinese white for the first
coats; while the gilding is
of gold-leaf laid over a pre-
paration of the artist's own
invention, the result of re-
peated experiments on his
part. The Gothic lettering,
which, however, does not
occur in the example repro-
duced, Mr. Reuter executes
with a pen made, of a reed
gathered in the Lake of
Geneva. The paper used is
that known as papier Ingres,
which is very suitable for the
purpose, as indeed is vellum
also, though both materials
have their drawbacks as well
as their advantages. Mr.
Reuter has illuminated
numerous presentation ad-
dresses and isolated sheets circular cushion designed by c. f. a. voysey
of ornament; but the executed by mrs. reynolds-stei>hens

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