Studio: international art (49.1910)

The Arts and Crafts Society s Exhibition

general colour scheme of the piece was most
attractive, and had evidently been thought out with
unusual care. Mr. Neilson’s bookcase, Mr. George
Jack’s music case in oak with carved panel, and
Mr. George Walton’s chair in walnut, were among
the remaining examples of furniture that deserve
notice in the North Room—the last recalling in its
quaint shape a well-known type of the William and
Mary period.

Mr. F. Stuttig’s Inscription in Carved and Gilded
Gesso with letters in relief on a ground of dull blue
was interesting as one of the comparatively few
examples of this kind of work in the exhibition.
Opposite to it in the South room was a decorative
panel by Mr. Harry J. Theaker, A Song from
Shakespeare, of which apparently the frame with
its decorative medallions was also executed in
gesso. Mr. F. Coulling contributed one of the

WROUGHT IRON LECTERN WITH COPPER SCONCES
DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER
EXECUTED BY WALTER SPENCER & B. EDWARDS
LEATHER BOOK-REST BY FLORENCE GEORGE

Christie’s cushion, were all good examples of artis-
tic skill turned to practical account for the produc-
tion of articles of everyday use. On a more ambi-
tious scale were the embroidered hangings and blue
silk embroidered cover by Miss Elaine Lessore, and
the Tulip and Rose panel by Miss May Morris.

Mr. Edward Spencer’s excellent work in the
West room has been described in a previous
article, but a more important example was to be
found in the North Room in the shape of a line
lectern of wrought iron, with copper sconces and
leather book-rests—another instance of the grow-
ing appreciation among our designers of the im-
portance of harmony of colour. Fine in design and
workmanship, the beauty of the lectern was greatly
enhanced by the colour of the laced leather rests,
whose delicate greys were in keeping with the heavier
tones of the iron -work. Mr. Spencer’s church
candlesticks in wrought iron, shown in another of
our illustrations, were also in the North Room.
Some of the furniture here has already been
noticed, including Mr. Brandt’s ebony and satin
wood cabinet, and the cabinet in ebony and
walnut designed by Mr. Ernest W. Gimson.
Another interesting piece was the secretaire in
inlaid walnut, designed by Mr. W. A. S. Benson,
and executed by Messrs. Morris. In this, as in
most of the examples shown by Mr. Benson, the

PAIR OF CHURCH CANDLESTICKS IN WROUGHT IRON
DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER
EXECUTED BY WALTER SPENCER & BERTRAM EDWARDS

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