DOI Heft:
No. 107 (February, 1902)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19875#0069
Studio- Talk
"the briar rose:" portion of a frieze in coloured relief by a. r. martin
work of designer and craftsman. Contributors National Portrait Gallery to a successful close. A
other than members of the Guild, gave consider- year or two before his death, Mr. J. R. Findlay, of
able support to the exhibition, notably the "Delia The Scotsman, gave ^10,000 to the Trustees of
Robbia" Pottery Co. and Mr. R. L. B. Rathbone, who the Gallery, which he had presented to the nation
showed a very choice selection of his copper-work. some ten or twelve years earlier, to embellish it
The " Chester Embroidery Society," under the able within with a series of mural decorations illustrative
direction of Miss Huxley, is producing excellent of Scottish history, and without with a series of
ecclesiastical needlework, mainly designed by C. E. statues of illustrious Scots. The latter part of the
Kempe. A peacock screen, designed by Frances scheme is still in progress, but a few weeks ago
Curwen and worked by Miss Hostage,
with a panel for a piano front, em-
broidered in linen thread, designed
and worked by Mrs. E. E. Houghton,
both deserve especial mention.
A wedding casket of white calf, with
repouss'e silver and enamel mountings,
and a pair of altar candlesticks in re-
pousse copper, designed and worked by
Robert Hilton, and the jewellery work
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gaskin and of
Mrs. Ernestine Mills, all claim notice for
their excellence.
The black-and-white illustrations and
several coloured designs by Mrs. A. A.
Hilton and Miss D. F. Hilton were clever
and interesting, and a small hanging
cupboard, carved and stained by C. R.
Warren, was both well designed and
well executed. H. B. B.
EDINBURGH.—After four years'
continuous work, Mr. William
Hole, R.S.A., has brought the
elaborate scheme of mural de-
coration upon which he has been engaged embroidery designed by miss Frances curwen
in the central hall of the Scottish executed by miss hostage
56
"the briar rose:" portion of a frieze in coloured relief by a. r. martin
work of designer and craftsman. Contributors National Portrait Gallery to a successful close. A
other than members of the Guild, gave consider- year or two before his death, Mr. J. R. Findlay, of
able support to the exhibition, notably the "Delia The Scotsman, gave ^10,000 to the Trustees of
Robbia" Pottery Co. and Mr. R. L. B. Rathbone, who the Gallery, which he had presented to the nation
showed a very choice selection of his copper-work. some ten or twelve years earlier, to embellish it
The " Chester Embroidery Society," under the able within with a series of mural decorations illustrative
direction of Miss Huxley, is producing excellent of Scottish history, and without with a series of
ecclesiastical needlework, mainly designed by C. E. statues of illustrious Scots. The latter part of the
Kempe. A peacock screen, designed by Frances scheme is still in progress, but a few weeks ago
Curwen and worked by Miss Hostage,
with a panel for a piano front, em-
broidered in linen thread, designed
and worked by Mrs. E. E. Houghton,
both deserve especial mention.
A wedding casket of white calf, with
repouss'e silver and enamel mountings,
and a pair of altar candlesticks in re-
pousse copper, designed and worked by
Robert Hilton, and the jewellery work
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gaskin and of
Mrs. Ernestine Mills, all claim notice for
their excellence.
The black-and-white illustrations and
several coloured designs by Mrs. A. A.
Hilton and Miss D. F. Hilton were clever
and interesting, and a small hanging
cupboard, carved and stained by C. R.
Warren, was both well designed and
well executed. H. B. B.
EDINBURGH.—After four years'
continuous work, Mr. William
Hole, R.S.A., has brought the
elaborate scheme of mural de-
coration upon which he has been engaged embroidery designed by miss Frances curwen
in the central hall of the Scottish executed by miss hostage
56