DOI Heft:
No. 186 (September 1912)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20778#0328
Studio-Talk
At the present time
America seems to be
leading the way in the
practical adaptation of
ceramics for building pur-
poses, but Germany is
following close behind.
Among other products
of this character turned
out by the Grand Ducal
Ceramic Factory are a
variety of glazed earthen-
ware slabs, tiles, pillars,
&c., which may be studied
to advantage in the
“ Wartehalle,” or Waiting
Hall, adjoining the
“Prunkhof,” and in-
tended, like the latter,
for Bad Nauheim.
BEDROOM IN POLISHED MAPLE DESIGNED BY PROF. ALBIN MULLER
EXECUTED BY L. ALTER
Last month I referred
briefly to a suite of interiors designed by Prof.
Albin Muller. Three of these are now illustrated.
In common with the other rooms, they are con-
spicuous by reason of the costliness of the material
used and by the profusion of beautiful wood inlay.
Of the latter one may say that nothing could be
better, but the wood-carving is less pleasing in
line and execution. Carving and inlay seem to
be mutually incompatible, unless the former is
very discreet in design, and as a general rule I
think the two forms of decoration should never
appear together on the same article or surface, or
even in the same room.
For the smoking room or study, of which a
corner is shown in the illustration on p. 307, red
Tabasco mahogany has been employed with black
carved ornamentation, the latter rather too pro-
nounced in my opinion.
An interesting feature of
this room is the warming
apparatus. With the
intense cold of a Conti-
nental winter the heat
radiated by an open grate
is insufficient to warm a
room, and consequently
large closed stoves are
commonly used. In
modern houses of the
better sort in Germany
we find the system of
hot-water pipes and
radiators installed, and
now and again an open
grate is indulged in as a
luxury for the sake of its
more agreeable appear-
ance. Without attempt-
ing to imitate the cosy
English fireside, Professor
3°S
NTERIOR OF ARTISAN’S COTTAGE SHOWING LIVING ROOM WITH STOVE l'OR
IEATING THREE ROOMS GEORG METZENDORF, ARC HI 1 EC T
At the present time
America seems to be
leading the way in the
practical adaptation of
ceramics for building pur-
poses, but Germany is
following close behind.
Among other products
of this character turned
out by the Grand Ducal
Ceramic Factory are a
variety of glazed earthen-
ware slabs, tiles, pillars,
&c., which may be studied
to advantage in the
“ Wartehalle,” or Waiting
Hall, adjoining the
“Prunkhof,” and in-
tended, like the latter,
for Bad Nauheim.
BEDROOM IN POLISHED MAPLE DESIGNED BY PROF. ALBIN MULLER
EXECUTED BY L. ALTER
Last month I referred
briefly to a suite of interiors designed by Prof.
Albin Muller. Three of these are now illustrated.
In common with the other rooms, they are con-
spicuous by reason of the costliness of the material
used and by the profusion of beautiful wood inlay.
Of the latter one may say that nothing could be
better, but the wood-carving is less pleasing in
line and execution. Carving and inlay seem to
be mutually incompatible, unless the former is
very discreet in design, and as a general rule I
think the two forms of decoration should never
appear together on the same article or surface, or
even in the same room.
For the smoking room or study, of which a
corner is shown in the illustration on p. 307, red
Tabasco mahogany has been employed with black
carved ornamentation, the latter rather too pro-
nounced in my opinion.
An interesting feature of
this room is the warming
apparatus. With the
intense cold of a Conti-
nental winter the heat
radiated by an open grate
is insufficient to warm a
room, and consequently
large closed stoves are
commonly used. In
modern houses of the
better sort in Germany
we find the system of
hot-water pipes and
radiators installed, and
now and again an open
grate is indulged in as a
luxury for the sake of its
more agreeable appear-
ance. Without attempt-
ing to imitate the cosy
English fireside, Professor
3°S
NTERIOR OF ARTISAN’S COTTAGE SHOWING LIVING ROOM WITH STOVE l'OR
IEATING THREE ROOMS GEORG METZENDORF, ARC HI 1 EC T