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Another good settle was made by George Webb poppy design. This was constructed by H. Hobbs,
and decorated by Luigi Galli. There were also and ornamented by Arthur Coast,
two successful cabinets of Arthur T. Heady's A quantity of inlaid woodwork was shown by
design, one made by Joseph Thorn and the the class at All Saints', Cheltenham, and the
other by George Webb, with Joseph Thorn as smaller objects, such as photograph frames, were
decorator. the most artistic of the group. A chair and small

Chief among the Yattendon exhibits, which table by William Whitcombe, inlaid by Charles
always exceed their quantity by quality, was a Hawkins, were good in form and workmanship,
washstand in oak and pewter, designed by Paul but the design for the inlay was not quite appro-
Waterhouse, and made by Alexander Aldridge and priate; and a desk of light wood was inlaid with
Michael Reynolds ; the decoration of the pewter creamy white, a scheme obviously unsuitable for a
carried out by Harry Smith. This was a novel surface intended for daily use and wear, especially
and pleasing experiment in the ornamentation of in the neighbourhood of an ink-pot. The violets
wood by metal. The design on the flat top was depicted on the chair were of giant size, and the
better than that on the upright screen behind it; design for the table-top was marred by inconsequent
but, on the whole, the production was both scroll-work. But these were errors of taste which
interesting and creditable. such diligent workers will doubtless correct in

Three dining-room chairs came from Bolton-on- another season.
Swale, and were designed by Mrs. Carpenter and In the direction of ornamental carving re-
inlaid by A. and W. Spooner. The simplicity of markable progress has been made by small and
the construction, in straight lines and smooth obscure groups. The class under the Kent County
surfaces, was well adapted to carry inlay ornament. Council is a most encouraging example. Their
The classes at Stepney and Pimlico also sustained panels and overmantels showed genuine feeling
their high reputation for this class of work. With for decoration of this kind, and they exhibited
so judicious a designer and classholder as the some simple but effective panelling destined for
Hon. Mabel de Grey, the
oft-abused art of inlaying
is kept within legitimate
lines. This lady's own con-
tributions were fewer than
usual, but her design for a
mirror-frame, executed by
John Reason, was entirely
successful. On the upper
border were vaguely out-
lined boughs of trees, brown
upon darker brown, while
the trunks and roots were
suggested below, and in front
of these sprang a border of
wild hyacinths : the whole
subject just sufficiently
conventionalised to set it
rightly in the decorative
key. There was also a
charming little mirror from
Stepney, of unconventional
shape, inlaid with a poppy
design, and labelled with
names enough to claim the
whole class as its sponsors.
Miss Ellice and Miss Barker mirrqr framr m HAMMERRD designed bv j. williams

sent a corner cupboard, in- brass and oak executed by thos. adams

laid with another excellent Fivemiletown Class

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