DOI issue:
No.129 (December, 1901)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19880#0278
Studio- Talk
home, are artistic and in keeping with
the surroundings.
The illustrations here given of sofa-
cushions and ceramic work are from
designs by Mr. Willy O. Dressier of Berlin.
The designs for cushions are sufficiently
original, without being peculiar; the
colouring never obtrusive, but always
in good taste. The toilet set is neat in
design and practical in form, no attempt
having been made to overload with
decoration. A. H.
L
UBECK.—The general advance
of the applied arts and crafts
throughout Germany is mak-
ing itself felt in the older
i provincial towns, especially those of the
■M^^^ta^. Northern coasts, with a commercial or
sea-faring population. We here present
to our readers two examples of modern
living-rooms, designed and carried out
pottery designed by willy o. DREssi.kk by the firm of Wasserstradt Brothers,
of Liibeck. The drawing-room is in
dark polished mahogany, the metal
No doubt there is a good deal of truth in the ornaments are in dead gold, the cut glass set
latter, for are not the homes of a people to a certain
extent characteristic of those who dwell in them ?
The axiom is probably more applicable to the
middle classes than to any other, for the homes
of the more 'wealthy classes are, more often
than not, the result of the art-decorator's taste, and
therefore do not partake of the individuality of
those who live in them ; whereas the less wealthy
usually make their own surroundings, taking plea-
sure in having all to their own particular taste.
Since the extraordinary development of decora-
tive art in Germany, artistic interiors have been
made possible to the middle classes, whereas for-
merly they were . only attainable by the rich. One
result of the introduction of artistic and yet inex-
pensive decorative work into the more modest
dwellings, is the applying of art designs to the
various minor details. For instance, not so very
many years ago, most of the fancy needlework
found in German homes was of the Berlin wool-
work order, which was applied to draperies, cushions,
footstools, screens—in fact, everything where needle-
work was or was not appropriate; whereas, now
that artists devote their time and attention even
to designing all kinds of fancy work, such details,
in a well-got-up, present-day, modern German jug designed by willy o. dressler
261,
home, are artistic and in keeping with
the surroundings.
The illustrations here given of sofa-
cushions and ceramic work are from
designs by Mr. Willy O. Dressier of Berlin.
The designs for cushions are sufficiently
original, without being peculiar; the
colouring never obtrusive, but always
in good taste. The toilet set is neat in
design and practical in form, no attempt
having been made to overload with
decoration. A. H.
L
UBECK.—The general advance
of the applied arts and crafts
throughout Germany is mak-
ing itself felt in the older
i provincial towns, especially those of the
■M^^^ta^. Northern coasts, with a commercial or
sea-faring population. We here present
to our readers two examples of modern
living-rooms, designed and carried out
pottery designed by willy o. DREssi.kk by the firm of Wasserstradt Brothers,
of Liibeck. The drawing-room is in
dark polished mahogany, the metal
No doubt there is a good deal of truth in the ornaments are in dead gold, the cut glass set
latter, for are not the homes of a people to a certain
extent characteristic of those who dwell in them ?
The axiom is probably more applicable to the
middle classes than to any other, for the homes
of the more 'wealthy classes are, more often
than not, the result of the art-decorator's taste, and
therefore do not partake of the individuality of
those who live in them ; whereas the less wealthy
usually make their own surroundings, taking plea-
sure in having all to their own particular taste.
Since the extraordinary development of decora-
tive art in Germany, artistic interiors have been
made possible to the middle classes, whereas for-
merly they were . only attainable by the rich. One
result of the introduction of artistic and yet inex-
pensive decorative work into the more modest
dwellings, is the applying of art designs to the
various minor details. For instance, not so very
many years ago, most of the fancy needlework
found in German homes was of the Berlin wool-
work order, which was applied to draperies, cushions,
footstools, screens—in fact, everything where needle-
work was or was not appropriate; whereas, now
that artists devote their time and attention even
to designing all kinds of fancy work, such details,
in a well-got-up, present-day, modern German jug designed by willy o. dressler
261,