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#0103
Home Arts and Industries
difficulty of getting the object itself constructed
within the class seems to have been very
general. Several prize-winners attributed their
"construction" to a "professional" or "local
joiner." When this is the case it would seem
only just that the maker's name should appear
beside those of the designer and decorator, as it
does in catalogues of the Arts and Crafts Exhibi-
tions, whether such a worker be a member of the
society or not. This suggestion applies especially
where the construction is better than the decora-
tion, and serves rather as a background for exercises
begun at the wrong end of the handicraft.
There were, however, some interesting survivals
of the good old tradition as to the talent that
" runs in families;" the various members of a
home combining in the production of a complex
piece of work. The name of Heady was honour-
ably conspicuous in the furniture exhibits, both
from Ascott and Chiswick. The music cabinet
designed by W. H. Heady, though frankly re-
miniscent of Mr. Voysey's manner, was by no
means merely imitative work. It was admirably
simple, graceful, and ingenious in plan, its slender
outlines well supported in its proportions, giving
ample cupboard room at a convenient level. The
model for sundial in terra-cotta
designed BY mrs. g. f. watts
carried out BY frank mitchell and others
Limnershast Class
detail of sundial designed by mrs. g. f. watts
carried out by frank mitchell
and others Limtierslease Class
workmanship by Thomas Page was excellent in
all parts, and the slight decoration was added
Joseph Heady and John Burrows. A small by
hanging cabinet, designed by W. H. Heady,
made by Thomas Page, and decorated by John
Burrows, was remarkable for the same happy
combination of design, workmanship, and orna-
ment ; the inlay of poppies on a dull brown
wood was a charming convention very prettily
worked out. Returning to the larger work, we
find the name of Arthur T. Heady as designer
of a fine oak chest, well proportioned and
solidly built by Thomas Page, and ornamented
by him with a broad conventional inlay of purple
irides and other flowers. The same collabora-
tion produced an excellent settle, with the
help of Harry Mould in the inlaid ornament.
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difficulty of getting the object itself constructed
within the class seems to have been very
general. Several prize-winners attributed their
"construction" to a "professional" or "local
joiner." When this is the case it would seem
only just that the maker's name should appear
beside those of the designer and decorator, as it
does in catalogues of the Arts and Crafts Exhibi-
tions, whether such a worker be a member of the
society or not. This suggestion applies especially
where the construction is better than the decora-
tion, and serves rather as a background for exercises
begun at the wrong end of the handicraft.
There were, however, some interesting survivals
of the good old tradition as to the talent that
" runs in families;" the various members of a
home combining in the production of a complex
piece of work. The name of Heady was honour-
ably conspicuous in the furniture exhibits, both
from Ascott and Chiswick. The music cabinet
designed by W. H. Heady, though frankly re-
miniscent of Mr. Voysey's manner, was by no
means merely imitative work. It was admirably
simple, graceful, and ingenious in plan, its slender
outlines well supported in its proportions, giving
ample cupboard room at a convenient level. The
model for sundial in terra-cotta
designed BY mrs. g. f. watts
carried out BY frank mitchell and others
Limnershast Class
detail of sundial designed by mrs. g. f. watts
carried out by frank mitchell
and others Limtierslease Class
workmanship by Thomas Page was excellent in
all parts, and the slight decoration was added
Joseph Heady and John Burrows. A small by
hanging cabinet, designed by W. H. Heady,
made by Thomas Page, and decorated by John
Burrows, was remarkable for the same happy
combination of design, workmanship, and orna-
ment ; the inlay of poppies on a dull brown
wood was a charming convention very prettily
worked out. Returning to the larger work, we
find the name of Arthur T. Heady as designer
of a fine oak chest, well proportioned and
solidly built by Thomas Page, and ornamented
by him with a broad conventional inlay of purple
irides and other flowers. The same collabora-
tion produced an excellent settle, with the
help of Harry Mould in the inlaid ornament.
83