DOI Heft:
No. 155 (February, 1906)
DOI Artikel:The arts and crafts exhibition at the Grafton Gallery, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0079
Arts and Crafts Exhibition. First Notice
exhibited by Mr. R. Arming Bell are remarkable for
their scholarly drawing and understanding of the high
claims of stained glass designing. Mr. Bell's instinct
for noble decoration never fails him. The excellent
designs of Mr. J. W. Brown for Belfast Cathedral
are exhibited by Messrs. Powell & Co.
Arching the alcove, where the last-mentioned
design is exhibited, are two sets of spandrils by
Mr. Conrad Dressier, which are the models for the
work carried out by the sculptor for the porch of the
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle - on - Tyne.
They are very dignified in design, and the care of the
modelling carries it to a high point of perfection. The
designer has taken its symbolism from Ruskin's
" Crown of Wild Olives," in which the author
shows that certain deeds of nobility can gain only
an immaterial reward. This design of Mr. Dressler's
is singularly appropriate, in spirit, for the free
service which is so nobly given by the medical
CHINA CUPBOARD DESIGNED BY W. CURTIS GREEN
INLAID ENGLISH OAK EXECUTED BY D. D. DILLIWAY
OAK WARDROBE DESIGNED BY GILBERT OGILVIE
EXECUTED BY F. MARSHALL
FOR THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
profession to the hospitals in this country. In the
other spandrils Hygiene is represented by water
flowing from a shell and a gourd. Mr. Dressier
also exhibits an enamelled figure of Prudence, which
is a replica from his decorations in the Law Society's
New Hall.
In returning to the furniture, some of the best
work that has been contributed is respectively that
designed by Mr. Ernest W. Gimson and Mr. W.
Curtis Green. The latter shows a china cupboard,
inlaid English oak, which in workmanship, useful-
ness, and logical sense of design, is an extremely
fine piece of work. Mr. Gimson has a writing-
table in the exhibition, in which, by making use
of the grain of the pollard wood, he has ob-
tained a highly decorative and interesting effect.
This is especially noticeable in the lower panels,
as can be seen in our illustration, where, by a
cunning acceptance of the grain pattern and its
placement, a symmetry of unusual character has
been obtained. This piece of furniture is an
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exhibited by Mr. R. Arming Bell are remarkable for
their scholarly drawing and understanding of the high
claims of stained glass designing. Mr. Bell's instinct
for noble decoration never fails him. The excellent
designs of Mr. J. W. Brown for Belfast Cathedral
are exhibited by Messrs. Powell & Co.
Arching the alcove, where the last-mentioned
design is exhibited, are two sets of spandrils by
Mr. Conrad Dressier, which are the models for the
work carried out by the sculptor for the porch of the
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle - on - Tyne.
They are very dignified in design, and the care of the
modelling carries it to a high point of perfection. The
designer has taken its symbolism from Ruskin's
" Crown of Wild Olives," in which the author
shows that certain deeds of nobility can gain only
an immaterial reward. This design of Mr. Dressler's
is singularly appropriate, in spirit, for the free
service which is so nobly given by the medical
CHINA CUPBOARD DESIGNED BY W. CURTIS GREEN
INLAID ENGLISH OAK EXECUTED BY D. D. DILLIWAY
OAK WARDROBE DESIGNED BY GILBERT OGILVIE
EXECUTED BY F. MARSHALL
FOR THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
profession to the hospitals in this country. In the
other spandrils Hygiene is represented by water
flowing from a shell and a gourd. Mr. Dressier
also exhibits an enamelled figure of Prudence, which
is a replica from his decorations in the Law Society's
New Hall.
In returning to the furniture, some of the best
work that has been contributed is respectively that
designed by Mr. Ernest W. Gimson and Mr. W.
Curtis Green. The latter shows a china cupboard,
inlaid English oak, which in workmanship, useful-
ness, and logical sense of design, is an extremely
fine piece of work. Mr. Gimson has a writing-
table in the exhibition, in which, by making use
of the grain of the pollard wood, he has ob-
tained a highly decorative and interesting effect.
This is especially noticeable in the lower panels,
as can be seen in our illustration, where, by a
cunning acceptance of the grain pattern and its
placement, a symmetry of unusual character has
been obtained. This piece of furniture is an
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