DOI Heft:
No. 234 (September 1912)
DOI Artikel:Taylor, E.: An embroidery exhibiton at the Musée Galliera, Paris
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21157#0328
Embroidery Exhibition at the Mnsde Galliera
An embroidery exhibition
AT THE MUSEE GALLIERA,
PARIS.
To those interested in embroidery and to those
who have followed its fascinating history a first
visit to the exhibition in the Musee Galliera will
recall traditional memories of comparison amidst
the fairyland glitter of colour and dazzling manipu-
lation of imitation precious stones. Perhaps the
coming of steam and petrol and the ease of
travelling may have robbed art of its interpreta-
tion by the needle, and caused Helens like her of
Troy, who sat apart working out scenes of the
wars, to get rarer every year. Not that I hold a
brief by any means for the work of the ancients
to-day, but surely their early teachings and examples,
added to our own progressive knowledge of materials
and colours, should have helped us to produce
work and design that would appeal with more than
a short-lived, superficial glitter. It is in the design
more than any other quality that one feels the
want of distinction. The craftsmanship in nearly
all cases is excellent, and a feeling of the im-
pressionist movement in paint is evident in many
of the colour-schemes.
Of the large exhibits the most personal and
outstanding is the scheme of decoration for a
boudoir, by John Jacobson and his collaborator
E. Boiceau. The subtle colour and the use of
liquid velveteen in combination with embroidery
are its most remarkable features, especially notable
being the use of blacks and various greys. The wall
of the inner recess is a delicate shade of red, with
applique wreaths of a deeper tint of the same colour
in liquid velveteen, the nearer walls being violet-grey,
with similar design in black, rose, and gold, which
has also been executed on the elusive matt black
curtains. Other exhibits by Mr. Jacobson, with
their quaint application of mosaic-like stones, are
all notable for refined design and colour.
For variety the striking exhibits by Maurice and
Henri Monnot are unsurpassable, as is the case
devoted to dress materials and embroideries by
BY JOHN JACOBSON, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF E. BOICEAU
An embroidery exhibition
AT THE MUSEE GALLIERA,
PARIS.
To those interested in embroidery and to those
who have followed its fascinating history a first
visit to the exhibition in the Musee Galliera will
recall traditional memories of comparison amidst
the fairyland glitter of colour and dazzling manipu-
lation of imitation precious stones. Perhaps the
coming of steam and petrol and the ease of
travelling may have robbed art of its interpreta-
tion by the needle, and caused Helens like her of
Troy, who sat apart working out scenes of the
wars, to get rarer every year. Not that I hold a
brief by any means for the work of the ancients
to-day, but surely their early teachings and examples,
added to our own progressive knowledge of materials
and colours, should have helped us to produce
work and design that would appeal with more than
a short-lived, superficial glitter. It is in the design
more than any other quality that one feels the
want of distinction. The craftsmanship in nearly
all cases is excellent, and a feeling of the im-
pressionist movement in paint is evident in many
of the colour-schemes.
Of the large exhibits the most personal and
outstanding is the scheme of decoration for a
boudoir, by John Jacobson and his collaborator
E. Boiceau. The subtle colour and the use of
liquid velveteen in combination with embroidery
are its most remarkable features, especially notable
being the use of blacks and various greys. The wall
of the inner recess is a delicate shade of red, with
applique wreaths of a deeper tint of the same colour
in liquid velveteen, the nearer walls being violet-grey,
with similar design in black, rose, and gold, which
has also been executed on the elusive matt black
curtains. Other exhibits by Mr. Jacobson, with
their quaint application of mosaic-like stones, are
all notable for refined design and colour.
For variety the striking exhibits by Maurice and
Henri Monnot are unsurpassable, as is the case
devoted to dress materials and embroideries by
BY JOHN JACOBSON, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF E. BOICEAU