Studio: international art (54.1912)

Studio- Talk

given are among some of
the recent interiors upon
which his talent has been
lavished. In the salon or
drawing-room the macassar
ebony for the furniture
blends admirably with the
brown-ribbed silk uphol-
stery and strawberry-
coloured wall tapestries,
which last with the carpet
are from the designs of E. R.
Weiss. For the gentleman's
room cherry-wood has been
used with black inlay : this
with the black horse-hair
upholstery strikes a some-
what sombre note, but this
is relieved by the curtains

WORKSHOP AT NEW TECHNICAL
SCHOOL, STEYR. DESIGNED BY
PROF. A. RODLER

revealed therein points at
the same time to a refreshing
display of individuality on
the part of the different
collaborators.

Foremost among these
master-designers is Prof.
Bruno Paul, to whom in his
capacity as Director of the
Royal Arts and Crafts
School here new problems
in connection with domestic
architecture and decoration
are constantly being pre-
sented. He has not receded
from his fondness for refined
simplicity and solidity, but
is certainly gaining in grace.
His predilection for the
Biedermeier creed has not
prevented him from assimi-
lating influences from the
whole register of historical
styles. He works everything
out with the modernist's
freedom and even ventures
into baroque and rococo
without risking his innate
balance. The three rooms
of which illustrations are

LADY S BOUDOIR. DESIGNED BY PROF;' BRUNO PAUL FOR THE VEREINIGTE
WERKSTATTEN FUR KUNST IM HANDWBRK, BERLIN

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