DOI issue:
No. 160 (July, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0180
Studio-Talk
ELM AND WROUGHT-
IRON CABINET
We reproduce from the exhibits of the recent
Home Arts and Industries Exhibition two chests,
which were among its most notable features. In-
deed, the elm chest with wrought steel fittings,
which received the Society’s highest award, the
gold cross, probably ranks as far the best piece of
work of the kind which has been exhibited under
the Society’s auspices. Designed by Mr. F. A.
Rawlence, who started a crafts guild in Wilton last
Christmas, it was carried out by a blacksmith and
joiner in the neighbourhood, and the steel work was
of such a high order as to be entirely exceptional.
The other chest was exhibited by Mr. Splatt. The
exhibition this year was of a high standard. Amongst
the most noticeable exhibits were the
leather designs from Porlock Weir, and
one or two examples of metal work
from Five Mile Town, Ireland. Mrs.
G. F. Watts’ terra-cotta work and the
exhibits from the Ruskin Potteries, as
on former occasions, added greatly to
the success of the exhibition. Amongst
the Ruskin ware there were many new
glazes of that subtle order which makes
the work remarkable amongst modern
crafts.
German Primitives are’well
represented. A fine Diirer
lent by the King, and
another called Virgin with
the Iris, are amongst the
most noteworthy of the
pictures. A work of great
interest is a Deposition by a
Cologne artist known only
as “The Master of the St.
Bartholomew Altar.” An
early fifteenth-century tapes-
try, partly worked in pile,
and said to be the earliest
example of its kind, was lent
by Mr. Pierpont Morgan.
Some gold and enamelled
cups show the great crafts-
manship of the German
goldsmiths of those times.
At the Baillie Gallery during June, Mr. J. D.
Fergusson and Mr. Arthur Studd held exhibitions.
Of Mr. Fergusson’s work we hope to speak at
length hereafter. The work exhibited by Mr. Studd
was delicate and atmospheric, The Great White
Do7?ie being of especial interest. A prevalent
note of refinement marked all the artist’s work,
harmony of colour being striven for and attained,
but without loss of directness and vitality.
At the Chenil Gallery, Chelsea, Mr. Augustus E.
John has recently exhibited the results of his incur-
sions into etching. His work is sensitive to the
DESIGNED BY MR. F. A. RAWLENCE
CONSTRUCTED BY MR. FOYLE
ORNAMENTED BY MR. YOUNG
The summer exhibition of the Bur-
lington Fine Art Club is devoted to
early German Art. It includes, besides
pictures and drawings, carvings in
stone and wood, goldsmiths’ work and
tapestries chiefly confined to the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The
CARVED WOOD CABINET CONSTRUCTED AND
ORNAMENTED BY J. SPLATT
159
ELM AND WROUGHT-
IRON CABINET
We reproduce from the exhibits of the recent
Home Arts and Industries Exhibition two chests,
which were among its most notable features. In-
deed, the elm chest with wrought steel fittings,
which received the Society’s highest award, the
gold cross, probably ranks as far the best piece of
work of the kind which has been exhibited under
the Society’s auspices. Designed by Mr. F. A.
Rawlence, who started a crafts guild in Wilton last
Christmas, it was carried out by a blacksmith and
joiner in the neighbourhood, and the steel work was
of such a high order as to be entirely exceptional.
The other chest was exhibited by Mr. Splatt. The
exhibition this year was of a high standard. Amongst
the most noticeable exhibits were the
leather designs from Porlock Weir, and
one or two examples of metal work
from Five Mile Town, Ireland. Mrs.
G. F. Watts’ terra-cotta work and the
exhibits from the Ruskin Potteries, as
on former occasions, added greatly to
the success of the exhibition. Amongst
the Ruskin ware there were many new
glazes of that subtle order which makes
the work remarkable amongst modern
crafts.
German Primitives are’well
represented. A fine Diirer
lent by the King, and
another called Virgin with
the Iris, are amongst the
most noteworthy of the
pictures. A work of great
interest is a Deposition by a
Cologne artist known only
as “The Master of the St.
Bartholomew Altar.” An
early fifteenth-century tapes-
try, partly worked in pile,
and said to be the earliest
example of its kind, was lent
by Mr. Pierpont Morgan.
Some gold and enamelled
cups show the great crafts-
manship of the German
goldsmiths of those times.
At the Baillie Gallery during June, Mr. J. D.
Fergusson and Mr. Arthur Studd held exhibitions.
Of Mr. Fergusson’s work we hope to speak at
length hereafter. The work exhibited by Mr. Studd
was delicate and atmospheric, The Great White
Do7?ie being of especial interest. A prevalent
note of refinement marked all the artist’s work,
harmony of colour being striven for and attained,
but without loss of directness and vitality.
At the Chenil Gallery, Chelsea, Mr. Augustus E.
John has recently exhibited the results of his incur-
sions into etching. His work is sensitive to the
DESIGNED BY MR. F. A. RAWLENCE
CONSTRUCTED BY MR. FOYLE
ORNAMENTED BY MR. YOUNG
The summer exhibition of the Bur-
lington Fine Art Club is devoted to
early German Art. It includes, besides
pictures and drawings, carvings in
stone and wood, goldsmiths’ work and
tapestries chiefly confined to the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The
CARVED WOOD CABINET CONSTRUCTED AND
ORNAMENTED BY J. SPLATT
159