DOI Heft:
Nr. 117 (December 1902)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19877#0221
Studio- Talk
, GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT, SET WITH PEARLS,
SAPPHIRES, ETC. DESIGNED BY C. R. ASHBEE.
EXECUTED BY E. VINER AND W. MARK
moval of the workshops from East London to the
historic village of Chipping Campden, in Gloucester-
shire, will help the management to a wider success
than has yet been won.
The exhibition at the Woodbury Gallery was
very various in its appeal, including furniture,
jewellery, bookbinding, book-illustrations, colour-
prints, enamelling, silver cups, and other silver-
work of excellent quality. Special attention may
be drawn to the writing cabinet in ebony and
holly, designed by Mr. C. R. Ashbee, and very
well carried out by Mr. T. Jeliffe and Mr. E.
Johnson, with wrought-iron and plated fitments
by Mr. W. Thornton and Mr. Fred Brown. There
was also some admirable jewellery designed by
Mr. Ashbee, and executed by Messrs. W. A. White,
F. C. Varley, W. Mark, A. Gebhardt, A. Cameron,
J. Baily, S. Viner, A. Toy, and other craftsmen.
Mr. F. C. Varley, a descendant of the water-colour
painter, showed in his enamels a beautiful sense
of colour as well as a pleasant freedom of design;
and Mr. W. Mark also, in some attractive enamels,
gave proof of unmistakable ability. The book-
bindings, simple in design and skilfully forwarded
and finished, attracted much attention; and we
remember with pleasure the work of the Essex
House Press, work distinguished by fine type and
good printing, and enriched with clever woodcuts
after drawings by Mr. William Strang and by Mr.
Reginald Savage. Altogether, the exhibition was
a distinct success—to be followed, we hope, by
many others.
The best characteristics of the winter exhibition
of the New English Art Club are its general atmo-
sphere of serious endeavour and its freedom from
any excess of eccentricity. It includes very little
work that can be condemned as wilfully extrava-
gant ; and though there is in it a certain proportion
of immature effort, this is amply counterbalanced
by the admirable contributions of the more accom-
plished exhibitors. There are some masterly
landscapes by Mr. P. W. Steer—one especially, The
Valley of the Severn, is a splendid effort of aerial
effect and diffused sunlight ; and in the same class
HEAD ORNAMENT IN GOLD, WITH ENAMEL, AND SET
WITH ROUGH PEARLS AND MOONSTONES. DESIGNED BY
C. R. ASHBEE. EXECUTED BY A. GEBHARDT AND W.
MARK
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, GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT, SET WITH PEARLS,
SAPPHIRES, ETC. DESIGNED BY C. R. ASHBEE.
EXECUTED BY E. VINER AND W. MARK
moval of the workshops from East London to the
historic village of Chipping Campden, in Gloucester-
shire, will help the management to a wider success
than has yet been won.
The exhibition at the Woodbury Gallery was
very various in its appeal, including furniture,
jewellery, bookbinding, book-illustrations, colour-
prints, enamelling, silver cups, and other silver-
work of excellent quality. Special attention may
be drawn to the writing cabinet in ebony and
holly, designed by Mr. C. R. Ashbee, and very
well carried out by Mr. T. Jeliffe and Mr. E.
Johnson, with wrought-iron and plated fitments
by Mr. W. Thornton and Mr. Fred Brown. There
was also some admirable jewellery designed by
Mr. Ashbee, and executed by Messrs. W. A. White,
F. C. Varley, W. Mark, A. Gebhardt, A. Cameron,
J. Baily, S. Viner, A. Toy, and other craftsmen.
Mr. F. C. Varley, a descendant of the water-colour
painter, showed in his enamels a beautiful sense
of colour as well as a pleasant freedom of design;
and Mr. W. Mark also, in some attractive enamels,
gave proof of unmistakable ability. The book-
bindings, simple in design and skilfully forwarded
and finished, attracted much attention; and we
remember with pleasure the work of the Essex
House Press, work distinguished by fine type and
good printing, and enriched with clever woodcuts
after drawings by Mr. William Strang and by Mr.
Reginald Savage. Altogether, the exhibition was
a distinct success—to be followed, we hope, by
many others.
The best characteristics of the winter exhibition
of the New English Art Club are its general atmo-
sphere of serious endeavour and its freedom from
any excess of eccentricity. It includes very little
work that can be condemned as wilfully extrava-
gant ; and though there is in it a certain proportion
of immature effort, this is amply counterbalanced
by the admirable contributions of the more accom-
plished exhibitors. There are some masterly
landscapes by Mr. P. W. Steer—one especially, The
Valley of the Severn, is a splendid effort of aerial
effect and diffused sunlight ; and in the same class
HEAD ORNAMENT IN GOLD, WITH ENAMEL, AND SET
WITH ROUGH PEARLS AND MOONSTONES. DESIGNED BY
C. R. ASHBEE. EXECUTED BY A. GEBHARDT AND W.
MARK
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