Studio: international art (25.1902)

Studio- Talk

BRONZE DOOR BY INGRAM TAYLOR

HANDLES

(By permission of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie & Co.)

work has been done. Moreover, as the com-
mittee wisely decided not to limit the area from
which exhibits might be sent, the exhibition was
one of far more than local interest, and the ex-
hibitors' list contained many names widely known
in the various branches of art and handicraft.

In the handicrafts, by far the largest section in
the exhibition, a number of good things were to
be seen. Among the enamels and jewellery were
many pieces by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied
Art, Mr. and Mrs. Gaskin, J. E. Wilson, J. Hodel,
Mrs. Bethune, and others. The first certificate
in bookbindings was awarded to Miss M. Power
for a small exhibit of well-considered design,
showing good use of the material employed.
The technique of the books shown by the Oxford
University Press was also of the highest possible
standard. The section for wood-carving and deco-
rated wood-work contained many exhibits of good
average merit, but in this section, as well as in those
devoted to metal-work, there is much room for

improvement. Mention should be made of the
stained glass and leaded panels by A. Gascoyne,
a gesso panel by A. D. Carse, and a tile panel by
Conrad Dressier. _

Some interesting work was to be found in
the section for drawing and painting, but the best
exhibit belonged more accurately to decorative work
—an overmantel by R. Morton Nance, finely
conceived as to line and admirable in colour and
decorative quality.

CHESTER.—The recent exhibition of
Decorative and Applied Art at the
Grosvenor Museum by the Chester
Guild of Arts and Crafts proved by
its success the increasing public interest in the

BISHOr'S CHAIR IN OAK
WITH COPPER AND
ENAMEL ENRICHMENTS

BY K. HILTON"

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