DOI Heft:
No. 82 (January, 1900)
DOI Artikel:British decorative art in 1899, and the Arts And Crafts Exhibition, [4]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0284
Arts and Crafts
coloured with bronze paints, and a
handsome wrought - iron fire - screen
with a panel of ornamental'glass-lead-
ing, designed by Mr. Hutchinson,
are further instances of recent work
executed by the firm.
The method evolved by Mr. Charles
Emanuel for embossing metal was
described in the pages of The Studio
a year or two ago. Since that time
the artist has made considerable
strides in the perfection of his tech-
nique. Moreover, he has. introduced
an embellishment in the way of mother-
of-pearl inlay. The rough shell is
cut with a fretsaw and filed to the
requisite shape, and then imbedded
in a matrix dug in the metal to receive
it. Among the door furniture executed
by the hand of Mr. Emanuel two
copper finger-plates are ornamented
in this manner, the mother-of-pearl
being used with striking effect for
the wings of the flying fish, and
cups designed and executed by edgar Simpson also to represent the air-bubbles in
the water.
Mr. Harold Rathbone's ideal, as
arising out of the lifting away of the stencil-plate, may be inferred from the name adopted for the ware
however deftly that operation be performed, is sure produced under his direction, is the art of the
to leave a few droppings of coloured powder in the famous sculptor-potter of the Italian Renaissance,
white parts, which accidental irregularities, together The lunettes shown on p. 268 represent Painting,
with the mottled, blotting-paper-like surface of the Poetry, and Music. Modelled in low relief and
glass tile itself, give a softer-toned and most coloured with enamel colours, they are not made in
artistic result. A hanging chandelier for electric one single piece each, but are composed of separate
lighting, designed by Mr. H. Powell, the iron slabs fitted together somewhat after the manner of
metal work
256
designed and executed by edgar simpson
coloured with bronze paints, and a
handsome wrought - iron fire - screen
with a panel of ornamental'glass-lead-
ing, designed by Mr. Hutchinson,
are further instances of recent work
executed by the firm.
The method evolved by Mr. Charles
Emanuel for embossing metal was
described in the pages of The Studio
a year or two ago. Since that time
the artist has made considerable
strides in the perfection of his tech-
nique. Moreover, he has. introduced
an embellishment in the way of mother-
of-pearl inlay. The rough shell is
cut with a fretsaw and filed to the
requisite shape, and then imbedded
in a matrix dug in the metal to receive
it. Among the door furniture executed
by the hand of Mr. Emanuel two
copper finger-plates are ornamented
in this manner, the mother-of-pearl
being used with striking effect for
the wings of the flying fish, and
cups designed and executed by edgar Simpson also to represent the air-bubbles in
the water.
Mr. Harold Rathbone's ideal, as
arising out of the lifting away of the stencil-plate, may be inferred from the name adopted for the ware
however deftly that operation be performed, is sure produced under his direction, is the art of the
to leave a few droppings of coloured powder in the famous sculptor-potter of the Italian Renaissance,
white parts, which accidental irregularities, together The lunettes shown on p. 268 represent Painting,
with the mottled, blotting-paper-like surface of the Poetry, and Music. Modelled in low relief and
glass tile itself, give a softer-toned and most coloured with enamel colours, they are not made in
artistic result. A hanging chandelier for electric one single piece each, but are composed of separate
lighting, designed by Mr. H. Powell, the iron slabs fitted together somewhat after the manner of
metal work
256
designed and executed by edgar simpson