Studio: international art (29.1903)

The National Competition

DESIGN FOR SILVER CUP

BY ELIZABETH DAVIES

(NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, DURHAM COLLEGE)

cloth just mentioned there was little of any moment,
except a rather ambitious and quite praiseworthy
set of embroidered wall-hangings in applique
linen by Mabel Keighley (Plymouth) and an em-
broidered piano-front in a quiet but effective
•decoration by Lucy Smith (Battersea).

One would gladly see more of the application of
decorative design to architecture and furniture in
an exhibition of this kind; but it is doubtless
very difficult to set the limits of what may be
■conveniently shown on these occasions and to keep
it from encroaching on the " Arts and Crafts"
ground. Still, some fair-sized articles of furniture,
such as desks, book-cases, posts and balustrades,

are now and then admitted. The only article of
this class worth illustration in this year's work was a
pretty little boudoir clock by Newbery Abbott
Kent (West Ham). This was in polished wood
inlaid with mother-o'-pearl, decorated with a
dainty rose design, and inscribed with the motto
"The bird of time has but a little way to fly, and

EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING

BY MABEL B. KEIGHLEY
(PLYMOUTH TECHNICAL SCHOOL)

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