Home Arts and Industries
sketch for needlework design by the british and irish spinning, weaving, and lace school
THE HOME <r
ARTS AND
INDUSTRIES
EXHIBITION
AT THE ALBERT
HALL.
Visitors to the Lon-
don exhibitions of the
year must have thought
more than once of Rus-
kin's saying as to the
relation between art and
war. While the most
sanguine of us would
hardly look for an imme-
diate quickening of artis-
tic impulses through
martial activity, it is
pleasant to find that the
Home Arts and Indus-
tries Association have at
least taken no advantage
of the indulgence claimed
for other local enterprises
through the recent crisis
in national affairs. The
display of British handi-
crafts at the Albert Hall,
in May, fell nowise short
of last year's standard.
Quite a number of class-
Kr,lrWq wpre rpnnrfprl tq book-cover in embossed leather designed by miss annie baker,
noiaers were reporieu as executed by miss a. baker and
having "gone to the philip burgess Porlock Weir Class
78
sketch for needlework design by the british and irish spinning, weaving, and lace school
THE HOME <r
ARTS AND
INDUSTRIES
EXHIBITION
AT THE ALBERT
HALL.
Visitors to the Lon-
don exhibitions of the
year must have thought
more than once of Rus-
kin's saying as to the
relation between art and
war. While the most
sanguine of us would
hardly look for an imme-
diate quickening of artis-
tic impulses through
martial activity, it is
pleasant to find that the
Home Arts and Indus-
tries Association have at
least taken no advantage
of the indulgence claimed
for other local enterprises
through the recent crisis
in national affairs. The
display of British handi-
crafts at the Albert Hall,
in May, fell nowise short
of last year's standard.
Quite a number of class-
Kr,lrWq wpre rpnnrfprl tq book-cover in embossed leather designed by miss annie baker,
noiaers were reporieu as executed by miss a. baker and
having "gone to the philip burgess Porlock Weir Class
78