DOI Heft:
No. 88 (July, 1900)
DOI Artikel:Wood, Esther: The Home Arts and Industries Exhibition at the Albert Hall
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0102
Home Arts and Industries
The work of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Watts and
their pupils at Compton and Limnerslease
represents the nearest approach to architectural
and the larger decorative crafts yet included in
the Home Arts scheme. The chief exhibits
from this vigorous pioneer class were a sundial
and two large vases in terra-cotta, designed by
Mrs. Watts and carried out by Frank Mitchell
and others. The vases were of simple bowl
shapes, lightly modelled to a thickness well
proportioned to the quality of the clay. On
this point the ornamentation round the head of
the sundial erred a little, perhaps, in the way of
profusion and mass; terra-cotta seems to afford
a unique opportunity for a form more durable
and weather-proof than other pottery, and yet a
little lighter and more delicate than stone. But
the general plan of the dial was both ingenious
and effective, and the details of its structure and
inlaid chair designed by the hon. mrs.
carpenter. inlaid by a. and
w. spooner Bolton-on-Swale Class
82
wasi1stand in designed by paul water house
oak and pewter made by a. aldridge,
m. reynolds and h. smith
Yattendon Class
decoration thoughtfully worked out. None of
these exhibits, however, was sufficiently labelled
to be at once intelligible to the visitor; in fact,
the whole system of labelling in force is open
to revision in favour of some brief statement
of the nature and purpose of each object, quite
apart from a detailed list of contributors to its
production.
The making and decorating of wooden furniture
stands next in importance and equal in success.
Mrs. Waterhouse's class at Yattendon, Mrs.
Leopold de Rothschild's at Ascott, Bucks, Mrs.
Carpenter's at Bolton-on-Swale, and the members
of the Chiswick Art Workers' Guild, shared the
honours in this branch, which afforded some of
the best exhibits of the year. Hainault (Essex)
also distinguished itself by a copy, admirably
made in oak, of a beautiful Norwegian settle,
with the carved figure of an eagle crowning each
end. The construction was by Messrs. Ham-
mond, the ornament was strongly and feelingly
carved by George Wheele. This was an interest-
ing example of an old design assuming fresh
beauty in the hands of a modern craftsman. The
The work of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Watts and
their pupils at Compton and Limnerslease
represents the nearest approach to architectural
and the larger decorative crafts yet included in
the Home Arts scheme. The chief exhibits
from this vigorous pioneer class were a sundial
and two large vases in terra-cotta, designed by
Mrs. Watts and carried out by Frank Mitchell
and others. The vases were of simple bowl
shapes, lightly modelled to a thickness well
proportioned to the quality of the clay. On
this point the ornamentation round the head of
the sundial erred a little, perhaps, in the way of
profusion and mass; terra-cotta seems to afford
a unique opportunity for a form more durable
and weather-proof than other pottery, and yet a
little lighter and more delicate than stone. But
the general plan of the dial was both ingenious
and effective, and the details of its structure and
inlaid chair designed by the hon. mrs.
carpenter. inlaid by a. and
w. spooner Bolton-on-Swale Class
82
wasi1stand in designed by paul water house
oak and pewter made by a. aldridge,
m. reynolds and h. smith
Yattendon Class
decoration thoughtfully worked out. None of
these exhibits, however, was sufficiently labelled
to be at once intelligible to the visitor; in fact,
the whole system of labelling in force is open
to revision in favour of some brief statement
of the nature and purpose of each object, quite
apart from a detailed list of contributors to its
production.
The making and decorating of wooden furniture
stands next in importance and equal in success.
Mrs. Waterhouse's class at Yattendon, Mrs.
Leopold de Rothschild's at Ascott, Bucks, Mrs.
Carpenter's at Bolton-on-Swale, and the members
of the Chiswick Art Workers' Guild, shared the
honours in this branch, which afforded some of
the best exhibits of the year. Hainault (Essex)
also distinguished itself by a copy, admirably
made in oak, of a beautiful Norwegian settle,
with the carved figure of an eagle crowning each
end. The construction was by Messrs. Ham-
mond, the ornament was strongly and feelingly
carved by George Wheele. This was an interest-
ing example of an old design assuming fresh
beauty in the hands of a modern craftsman. The