Studio: international art (24.1902)

First International " Studio " Exhibition

devotional volumes. Other
fine examples of bindings de
luxe were by Spigel Frigyes
and A. de Sauty, who had
found congenial subjects for
cover-design in the sonnets of
Keats and Mrs. Browning and
books of mediaeval tales and
poems. The accomplished
craftsmanship and poetic
imagination of Mary G. Simp-
son were seen in her admirable
treatment of embossed leather.
There were also two good
examples by F. G. Garrett—

CLOAK CLASP BY A. H. JONES

"The Nature of Gothic"
and " Beauty's Awakening "
— and some undressed
morocco bindings by Annie
S. Macdonald. The un-
conventional and indi-
vidual work of Evelyn
Underbill deserves special
praise; her little bindings
in rough calf for the "Morte
d'Arthur," "Launfal,"
" Life of Wedgwood," and
" Bab Ballads " were full of
charm, and showed a sin-
gularly fresh and piquant
fancy in design. An
equally capable and con-
scientious worker, Mary G.
Houston, sent a panel in
stained and modelled
leather, and Winifred
Fairfax Cholmeley a book-
binding which sustained the
same high average of crafts-
manship. In the field of
illumination there were
several worthy competitors,
and one of the most
elaborate and substantial
pieces of work was the
MM j < 1 ■ :l \ , book of the "Hull Ballads/

Oil 'L li) I ° 1] by E. Haworth Earle who

also showed a smaller
volume in similar style.
Two illuminated books by
Percy J. Smith and two
single - page illuminations

APPLIQUE WORK PORTIERE BY GEORGE DUXBURY AND AGNES SMITH by the last-named ex.

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