DOI Heft:
No. 151 (October, 1905)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20713#0086
Studio- Talk
DESIGN FOR BY KARL PARSONS
STAINED GLASS
design and pleasant in colour. Too much, how-
ever, is made of pattern in the wall-papers. As
Norman Shaw puts it, “ the general tone of a wall-
paper is the important thing to be desired : it is a
background pure and simple, that and nothing
more.” Mr. Napper, for instance, who sends
some very delightful hangings, insists too much
in his wall-papers upon pattern, and in one case
he adopts an exaggerated form for the repeats ;
yet the rest of his work shows how little necessity
there is for such a fertile designer to make use of
this poor expedient for real originality.
Mr. Alfred Dennis sent several wall-papers,
hangings, etc. His work shows on the whole an
unusual freedom from over-emphasis of pattern.
Mr. Harold Falkner showed some good examples
of domestic architecture, but the playful and wilful
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
F. SANGORSKI & G. SUTCLIFFE
two able designs, Nos. 23 and 25, happy in
arrangement and colour. The treatment of the
border in each case was rather unusual, but effec-
tive. Mr. Karl Parsons also sent some exhibits
calling for notice. His stained-glass panel, No. 54,
was striking in colour. F. P. Walker contributed
three cartoons for stained glass.
The bookbindings by Messrs. F. Sangorski &
G. Sutcliffe included some noteworthy examples of
this craft. Their “ Life of Cellini ” shows an able
treatment of borders in gold lines on a dark red
leather, with the corners and centre partly filled
in with conventional foliage of green leather, inlaid
upon the red. It is a severe and beautiful binding,
although in no way symbolising the lurid and
picturesque life of the artist Cellini. Alfred de
Sauty sent some interesting and richly-bound
volumes, the workmanship being first rate, and
the use of inlaid leather striking, but perhaps a
trifle overdone. The decoration by Christopher
Dean, in the same case, was a good example of
book-page decoration.
The hangings, wall-papers, and printed stuffs
were exceptionally good, and in most cases quiet in
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DESIGN FOR BY KARL PARSONS
STAINED GLASS
design and pleasant in colour. Too much, how-
ever, is made of pattern in the wall-papers. As
Norman Shaw puts it, “ the general tone of a wall-
paper is the important thing to be desired : it is a
background pure and simple, that and nothing
more.” Mr. Napper, for instance, who sends
some very delightful hangings, insists too much
in his wall-papers upon pattern, and in one case
he adopts an exaggerated form for the repeats ;
yet the rest of his work shows how little necessity
there is for such a fertile designer to make use of
this poor expedient for real originality.
Mr. Alfred Dennis sent several wall-papers,
hangings, etc. His work shows on the whole an
unusual freedom from over-emphasis of pattern.
Mr. Harold Falkner showed some good examples
of domestic architecture, but the playful and wilful
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY
F. SANGORSKI & G. SUTCLIFFE
two able designs, Nos. 23 and 25, happy in
arrangement and colour. The treatment of the
border in each case was rather unusual, but effec-
tive. Mr. Karl Parsons also sent some exhibits
calling for notice. His stained-glass panel, No. 54,
was striking in colour. F. P. Walker contributed
three cartoons for stained glass.
The bookbindings by Messrs. F. Sangorski &
G. Sutcliffe included some noteworthy examples of
this craft. Their “ Life of Cellini ” shows an able
treatment of borders in gold lines on a dark red
leather, with the corners and centre partly filled
in with conventional foliage of green leather, inlaid
upon the red. It is a severe and beautiful binding,
although in no way symbolising the lurid and
picturesque life of the artist Cellini. Alfred de
Sauty sent some interesting and richly-bound
volumes, the workmanship being first rate, and
the use of inlaid leather striking, but perhaps a
trifle overdone. The decoration by Christopher
Dean, in the same case, was a good example of
book-page decoration.
The hangings, wall-papers, and printed stuffs
were exceptionally good, and in most cases quiet in
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