Studio: international art (70.1917)

Studio-Talk

■etchings and engravings was arranged on a
screen. It was the first time Mr. Lund's work
had been brought together as a “ one-man ”
show, and it clearly proved him to have been
an artist of uncommon power and versatility.

PARIS.—When towards the close of
October 1915 the equipment of the
room of the President of the Municipal
Council at the Hotel de Ville was
completed, the occasion called forth many
criticisms and reproaches. How could the
Government permit such absurd extravagance in
war-time when money was so precious ? There
was a great deal of talk of this kind, and many
unpleasant remarks were uttered about the
business. But as a matter of fact, this presi-
dential salle was the outcome of a competition
instituted by the Paris Municipality in con-
nexion with the Lyons exhibition. The furni-
ture having been made before the war, it was

not necessary to defer its installation till the
termination of hostilities. Such was the opinion
of the authorities.

The room assigned to the chief representative
of Paris symbolizes admirably the richness and
vitality of La Ville Lumiere, and it has been
furnished with excellent taste. It is at once
a cabinet de travail and a petit salon in which
the President receives official personages. Tony
Selmersheim set himself to accomplish this
double purpose, and his achievement has earned
the success it merited in being awarded first
place on the occasion of the competition.
Luxurious simplicity is its keynote ; the gilt
ornamentation and dazzling miroiteries which
one finds in certain Ministerial salons is not to
be met with here. The well-thought-out
decoration of the room is indeed a triumph
for the modern school ; it is an attestation of
good French taste. Entirely free from exag-

ROOM OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONSEIL MUNICIPAL AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE, PARIS, WITH DECORATIONS
AND FURNITURE DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY TONY SELMERSHEIM

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