DOI Heft:
No. 286 (January 1917)
DOI Artikel:Whitley, William Thomas: Arts and crafts at the Royal Academy, [3]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.24575#0202
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition
by appreciative audiences. But the best proof of all
of the value of the exhibition and the interest that
was taken in it is to be found in the fact that the
attendance, in spite of the war, was by far the
largest recorded during the twenty-eight years of
the Society's history.
In accordance with the intimation given at the
close of the second article on the exhibition last
month, a few further illustrations are now added
to those which have already appeared. The book-
cover, reproduced on page 192, of Malory's
" Morte d'Arthur " is one of the most elaborate,
and it may be added one of the most successful
of those produced so far by Miss Adams. The
cover is of black pigskin and the feature of the
design is the oak-tree, tooled in gold, which covers
the greater part of the surface. On the branches
of the tree hang the shields of King Arthur and
eight of his knights tooled in gold and silver and
gay with touches of positive colour. Beneath the
tree stand a hart and a hind, and at its base,
where rabbits crouch among the columbines,
walks Malory's " Questyng Beest." There are
more decorations in parts of the cover not
shown in the illustration. The edges of the book
are gauffred and the top edge bears the coat of
clock case. designed by allan f. vigers ; a™s °f the * &qd * bee at ^
executed by Wallace elliot end (a play on the name of Mr. Hornby) and a
of the appeals are in both
cases almost identical.
The re-modelling of the
schools to make them fitter
to supply the manu-
facturers with skilled crafts-
men who possess some
knowledge of the fine arts
has been in progress here
for a considerable period,
and the success of the
recent show of Arts and
Crafts at Burlington House
has proved the educational
value of exhibitions. The
value of the exhibition at
Burlington House was en-
hanced by the addresses g
and discussions on applied
art and kindred matters '*
held from time to time in
the University Room and
the Hall of Heroes,
which were at times
painted ebony and walnut cabinet.
crowded to inconvenience designed by louise powell ; executed by s. h. barnsley and louise powell
190
by appreciative audiences. But the best proof of all
of the value of the exhibition and the interest that
was taken in it is to be found in the fact that the
attendance, in spite of the war, was by far the
largest recorded during the twenty-eight years of
the Society's history.
In accordance with the intimation given at the
close of the second article on the exhibition last
month, a few further illustrations are now added
to those which have already appeared. The book-
cover, reproduced on page 192, of Malory's
" Morte d'Arthur " is one of the most elaborate,
and it may be added one of the most successful
of those produced so far by Miss Adams. The
cover is of black pigskin and the feature of the
design is the oak-tree, tooled in gold, which covers
the greater part of the surface. On the branches
of the tree hang the shields of King Arthur and
eight of his knights tooled in gold and silver and
gay with touches of positive colour. Beneath the
tree stand a hart and a hind, and at its base,
where rabbits crouch among the columbines,
walks Malory's " Questyng Beest." There are
more decorations in parts of the cover not
shown in the illustration. The edges of the book
are gauffred and the top edge bears the coat of
clock case. designed by allan f. vigers ; a™s °f the * &qd * bee at ^
executed by Wallace elliot end (a play on the name of Mr. Hornby) and a
of the appeals are in both
cases almost identical.
The re-modelling of the
schools to make them fitter
to supply the manu-
facturers with skilled crafts-
men who possess some
knowledge of the fine arts
has been in progress here
for a considerable period,
and the success of the
recent show of Arts and
Crafts at Burlington House
has proved the educational
value of exhibitions. The
value of the exhibition at
Burlington House was en-
hanced by the addresses g
and discussions on applied
art and kindred matters '*
held from time to time in
the University Room and
the Hall of Heroes,
which were at times
painted ebony and walnut cabinet.
crowded to inconvenience designed by louise powell ; executed by s. h. barnsley and louise powell
190