Studio: international art (33.1905)

Studio- Talk

for presentation to H.M.
the King by the workers
in the Killarney furniture
industry. The cabinet,
which stands about 10 ft.
high, shows great technical
skill in the carving and the
finish of the whole; but
as it is a replica, with
modifications, of an old
model, it fails to interest as
much as a piece of ori-
ginal work. Miss St. John
Whitty's work is good in
intention, if at times a little
over-elaborate. Her most

embroidered casket : from the royal school of art needlework, dublin ambitious effort was a

triptych with crucifix ; but

crafts has been the starting of a workshop in she was more successful in a little cupboard with
Dublin for the manufacture of stained glass by Miss copper panel. Her fire-screen, in wood and leather,
Sarah Purser, H.R.H.A. For many years

most of the orders for stained - glass EHB^n
windows for Irish churches have gone
to Munich, and the glass thus imported

into Ireland has been in nearly every case I

feeble in design and poor in quality.

The windows now being made at "The

Tower of Glass," under the direction of

Mr. Child, Mr. WhalFs talented pupil,

for Emly and Loughrea Cathedrals, are

in every respect worthy to rank with the

best modern work, and Irish stained glass

promises to become famous in the future. ■B|nHHES^^&. IM^I

It is to be regretted that, owing to the
difficulty of putting up a window in the
hall in which the Arts and Crafts Exhibi-
tion was held, only three small panels .'/W
from Miss Purser's workshops were
shown. These, however, were quite ad-
mirable, both in colour and design ; the

treatment of the two armorial panels for 9B|flHNHp&. '"

the base of a window at Emly being

particularly good. ' T "

The work in the exhibition was ^I^HM|^aHBI^^BpK£jB|

divided into thirteen classes: Wood-
work ; leather-work; bookbinding; print-
ing, etc. ; modelling; stained glass;
marble inlaying and mosaic; pottery;

metal-work ; carpets and tapestry ; em- I
broidery; lace and crochet; and designs
for lace, damask, etc. In the wood-
work section the most imposing exhibit handtufted carpet, blue background from miss glekson's

, , j i i • , decorated with celtic design in dun emer industries

was the large carved oak cabinet made red and brown
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