Studio: international art (20.1900)

Home Arts and Industries

front," but the output of the students
had neither flagged nor deteriorated. In
several of the older classes there was a
marked improvement in design: Mr.
Harold Rathbone's " Delia Robbia "
pottery, and the textile industries con-
ducted by Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Blount
at Haslemere, were happy examples.
One or two new classes were especially
noticeable in having either substantiated a
brilliant debut of last season, or justified
a more humble one by a genuine advance
in power. The Newlyn metal-workers fully
confirmed the good impression they then
made, and it is unfortunate that the ex-
pense of transport, in this and similar
cases, should debar a young and struggling
group from showing the full amount of
their achievements. Classes more firmly
established, and sure of a market, such as
the excellent coppersmiths of Fivemile-
town, can meet these difficulties better;
but, though their display was more ambi- mirror frame designed by a. wickham jarvis

• • ... inlaid by herbert shaw

tious in kind and imposing in quantity, Stepney c/ass
it cannot be said that they anywhere sur-
passed their juniors in artistic feeling or novelty of may now quite creditably take their place beside
design. Indeed, the Newlyn school of craftsmen the painters with whom we associate their name.

mirror frame

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designed by the hon. mabel de grey. executed by john reason

Pimlico Class