DOI Heft:
No. 151 (October, 1905)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20713#0085
Studio-Talk
in the air is, we know, quite easy; but to build
them with satisfaction upon the top of a bed-post
is a far more difficult task, and Mr. Garbe has not
succeeded in convincing us that it can be done.
The four-post bedstead shown by Ambrose Heal
is a very satisfactory and pleasing design, carefully
detailed and beautifully made, though perhaps
lacking finish in the attachment of the vallance to
NECKLACE IN PEARLS DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
AND OPALS BY MESSRS. E. & W. WARE
the woodwork. In this exhibit, and in the chest
of drawers, he has been particularly happy in the
selection of his material.
Mr. A. J. Penty’s chest of drawers in oak is a
solid and sensible piece of furniture, though a trifle
heavy. A noticeable exhibit was the chimney-
piece and interior executed by Messrs. Bratt &
Colbran to the design of G. LI. Morris. It is
made in pine and painted white, with an interior
of hammered steel, relieved with two little rosettes
in brass inlaid on the steel, the whole being simple
and severe. The lozenge-shaped panel on the
top portion was not quite happy, and the bed
moulding below the mantelshelf should have been
taken across the whole width of the chimney-
piece. The fire-irons, candlesticks, and other
metal-work, by E. Spencer, including the silver
and pewter ewer in the middle of the mantelpiece,
were carefully chosen to harmonise with it.
On the mantelshelf of this exhibit were some
really charming objects in metal, designed by
E. Spencer. They are the work of a thoughtful
and thorough artist. Of these and other exhibits
by Mr. Spencer we may say, that it was a real
pleasure to see work which so eminently justifies
its existence by being both beautiful and useful.
Messrs. E. & W. Ware exhibited various articles
of jewellery, good both in design and craftsmanship,
especially the necklace in pearls and opals, and
the two hammered bonbonnieres. We cannot
approve altogether of the handles of his spoons,
surmounted by armoured knights standing on
placid-looking lions, and in other cases by bishops
looking rather lonely and ill at ease. ■
The examples of stained glass were few in
number. Mr. Hugh Arnold, the secretary of the
Guild, sent a well-designed armorial panel, and
HANGING DESIGNED BY ALFRED DENNIS
67
in the air is, we know, quite easy; but to build
them with satisfaction upon the top of a bed-post
is a far more difficult task, and Mr. Garbe has not
succeeded in convincing us that it can be done.
The four-post bedstead shown by Ambrose Heal
is a very satisfactory and pleasing design, carefully
detailed and beautifully made, though perhaps
lacking finish in the attachment of the vallance to
NECKLACE IN PEARLS DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
AND OPALS BY MESSRS. E. & W. WARE
the woodwork. In this exhibit, and in the chest
of drawers, he has been particularly happy in the
selection of his material.
Mr. A. J. Penty’s chest of drawers in oak is a
solid and sensible piece of furniture, though a trifle
heavy. A noticeable exhibit was the chimney-
piece and interior executed by Messrs. Bratt &
Colbran to the design of G. LI. Morris. It is
made in pine and painted white, with an interior
of hammered steel, relieved with two little rosettes
in brass inlaid on the steel, the whole being simple
and severe. The lozenge-shaped panel on the
top portion was not quite happy, and the bed
moulding below the mantelshelf should have been
taken across the whole width of the chimney-
piece. The fire-irons, candlesticks, and other
metal-work, by E. Spencer, including the silver
and pewter ewer in the middle of the mantelpiece,
were carefully chosen to harmonise with it.
On the mantelshelf of this exhibit were some
really charming objects in metal, designed by
E. Spencer. They are the work of a thoughtful
and thorough artist. Of these and other exhibits
by Mr. Spencer we may say, that it was a real
pleasure to see work which so eminently justifies
its existence by being both beautiful and useful.
Messrs. E. & W. Ware exhibited various articles
of jewellery, good both in design and craftsmanship,
especially the necklace in pearls and opals, and
the two hammered bonbonnieres. We cannot
approve altogether of the handles of his spoons,
surmounted by armoured knights standing on
placid-looking lions, and in other cases by bishops
looking rather lonely and ill at ease. ■
The examples of stained glass were few in
number. Mr. Hugh Arnold, the secretary of the
Guild, sent a well-designed armorial panel, and
HANGING DESIGNED BY ALFRED DENNIS
67