DOI Heft:
No. 295 (October 1917)
DOI Artikel:Reeves, P. Oswald: Irish arts and crafts
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21264#0036
Irish Arts
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RED MOROCCO BINDING WITH INLAY AND GOLD
TOOLING. BY MRS. V. B. HONE
and Crafts
by a reserve in the enrichments and the tasteful
use of inlaid coloured leather and jewels. There
is a charm in her work also by reason of the
manner in which every part, to the least signi-
ficant, is cared for and brought into the scheme
of treatment adopted.
The revival of enamelling and of craftsman-
ship in metals is represented by many examples,
which together form a feature of the exhibition.
As these for the most part are the work of the
present writer and his former pupils, he prefers
to leave the critical notice of them to other
minds, but may be permitted perhaps to say
that the Dublin enamels have secured a certain
reputation, not only in these countries but also
in different parts of Europe and America,
where they have been generally regarded as
having distinctively Celtic yet modern character.
There is one artist represented in the exhibition,
however, who has gone further in achievement
than any of his fellows, and whose work illus-
trates more clearly than any of the foregoing
how a genuine Celtic character marks the best
Irish Applied Art. Harry Clarke, of Dublin,
exhibits drawings for reproduction, stained
glass, and cartoons for stained-glass windows.
revealed in various exhibits is remarkable.
The white embroidered handkerchief (No. 164)
worked by Mary Woods from a design by Samuel
R. Bolton, of Co. Antrim, for example, though
somewhat heavy as a handkerchief and more
suitable to some other use, commands admiration
by reason of the extraordinary skill of the
needlework. Similarly the enamels generally,
and the cabinet-work of James Hicks, of Dublin,
reveal high attainment in craftsmanship.
Turning to consider the work that shows in
more or less degree the distinctive character
that is developing in Ireland, there are several
exhibits to which attention might be drawn.
Among the many good pieces of embroidery
there is a Watch-Case (No. 160) of green silk,
embroidered in silks, by Georgiana E. Atkinson,
of Portadown, which is a remarkably successful
combination of art and craft. Anything more
choice than this it would be difficult to find.
The delicate feeling of the needlework and the
colour-scheme, the sense of preciousness and of
repose, distinguish this work and make one feel
“ how fair it is.”
The bookbinding of Eleanor Kelly, of Dublin,
of which there are three examples, is marked
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EMBOSSED LEATHER SATCHEL FOR GOSPELS
BY ALICE JACOB
!
RED MOROCCO BINDING WITH INLAY AND GOLD
TOOLING. BY MRS. V. B. HONE
and Crafts
by a reserve in the enrichments and the tasteful
use of inlaid coloured leather and jewels. There
is a charm in her work also by reason of the
manner in which every part, to the least signi-
ficant, is cared for and brought into the scheme
of treatment adopted.
The revival of enamelling and of craftsman-
ship in metals is represented by many examples,
which together form a feature of the exhibition.
As these for the most part are the work of the
present writer and his former pupils, he prefers
to leave the critical notice of them to other
minds, but may be permitted perhaps to say
that the Dublin enamels have secured a certain
reputation, not only in these countries but also
in different parts of Europe and America,
where they have been generally regarded as
having distinctively Celtic yet modern character.
There is one artist represented in the exhibition,
however, who has gone further in achievement
than any of his fellows, and whose work illus-
trates more clearly than any of the foregoing
how a genuine Celtic character marks the best
Irish Applied Art. Harry Clarke, of Dublin,
exhibits drawings for reproduction, stained
glass, and cartoons for stained-glass windows.
revealed in various exhibits is remarkable.
The white embroidered handkerchief (No. 164)
worked by Mary Woods from a design by Samuel
R. Bolton, of Co. Antrim, for example, though
somewhat heavy as a handkerchief and more
suitable to some other use, commands admiration
by reason of the extraordinary skill of the
needlework. Similarly the enamels generally,
and the cabinet-work of James Hicks, of Dublin,
reveal high attainment in craftsmanship.
Turning to consider the work that shows in
more or less degree the distinctive character
that is developing in Ireland, there are several
exhibits to which attention might be drawn.
Among the many good pieces of embroidery
there is a Watch-Case (No. 160) of green silk,
embroidered in silks, by Georgiana E. Atkinson,
of Portadown, which is a remarkably successful
combination of art and craft. Anything more
choice than this it would be difficult to find.
The delicate feeling of the needlework and the
colour-scheme, the sense of preciousness and of
repose, distinguish this work and make one feel
“ how fair it is.”
The bookbinding of Eleanor Kelly, of Dublin,
of which there are three examples, is marked
20
EMBOSSED LEATHER SATCHEL FOR GOSPELS
BY ALICE JACOB