Studio: international art (20.1900)

The National Competition, 1900

light and piquant grace.
Beatrice Turner (South Ken-
sington), whose " design
based on a flowering plant"
has already been noted, also
sends a muslin design show-
ing excellent taste and in-
ventive power; and other
good examples are shown by
Allan Inglis (Dundee), Mary
S. Perrott and Rosa K.
Warner (Holloway), and Fred
Cope (Macclesfield), whose
design is one of the most
striking in this group. A
series of designs for woven

muslin is by Frederic F. design for a punch-bowl by archer l. elliott

May (South Kensington),
and is admirable in not

attempting too much for the process in view. "printed hangings" in which the material is not

Among the embarrassing number of designs for specified it is difficult to select the best for praise,

since so much of the effect of a
pattern must depend upon the
quality of the surface on which it is
seen and the nature of the drapery
which it falls into. The charming
little " printed hanging in four
colours" by Dorothy Cheesman
(South Kensington) appears as
" muslin" in the catalogue, but
would look well in a light washing
silk. Her printed velvet is a good
example of design for a heavier
material, and Charles Cornwall's
cretonne is well planned for a
coarser fabric ranging between these
two. Of the other South Kensing-
ton prize-winners, Helena Apple-
yard shows most promise with her
ample series of designs for printed
muslin, cotton, velvet, and silk.
Winifred M. Kennett's printed
velvet is excellent, and from the
provinces we have an imperfectly
defined but very pleasing "printed
hanging" by William Ferguson
(Glasgow) and a good "woven
fabric" by Reginald West (Lan-
caster). Another single exhibit
deserving notice is the little printed
silk design from Mile End, by
Dorothy Fiere. The New Cross
students, too, seem likely to sup-
designs for fancy spoons by harry morley port the high reputation they enjoy

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