DOI issue:
[No. 320 (November 1919)]
DOI article:Mourey, Gabriel: French decorative art, [2]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21359#0061
FRENCH DECORATIVE ART
striking as are the effects she obtains there-
from—of melancholy landscapes and the
sadder aspects of nature and peasant life.
At the same time, full sincerity and honesty
of craftsmanship never fail to inspire and
guide her. a 0 a a a
Mme. Blanche Ory-Robin has made a
speciality—and a highly original one, to be
sure—of string tapestry. In this new and
curious medium she has succeeded in
producing work eminently personal in
character. 00000
It would be hard to choose between the
embroideries designed and worked by
Mme. Marie Jaulmes, Mile. Pauline Ri-
viere, and Mile. S. Bertillon; and as
much may be said of the carpets of Mile.
Cless and M. Jacques Bonnier—executed
by Mme. Marc Bonnier—which are admi-
rable in all respects. 000
Book art is flourishing abundantly.
Before the war earnest and praiseworthy
efforts had been made, both as regards
printing and illustration, to put within the
reach of the general public—quite apart
from the very limited editions de luxe in-
tended solely for collectors—books and
magazines well illustrated, in the modern
spirit, and printed on good and good-
looking paper; and these efforts were
rewarded with success. I would specially
mention—because its appearance marks a
date in the history of French book-produc-
tion—the u Gazette du Bon T on," published
by M. Lucien Vogel at the Librairie Cen-
trale des Beaux-Arts. It opened up a new
road, this monthly review devoted to French
fashion in all its varied expressions, printed
in the Cochin characters just engraved by
the firm of Peignot, illustrated throughout
with colour-engravings done according to
pattern ; and it claimed attention as much
by the originality of the ideas which had
brought it into being as by the high
artistic and literary quality of its contents.
All prejudice apart, it must be said that no
such effort in this particular direction could
have been successfully achieved in any
other country. Real accomplishment, no
matter what it be, is always worthy of ad-
miration. “ I like a little song well sung,"
said Puvis de Chavannes, “ better than
an indifferent oratorio." The u Gazette
du Bon Ton" was an arietta marvellously
well performed. 0000
ELECTRIC STANDARD
LAMP. BY EDGAR W.
BRANDT
55
striking as are the effects she obtains there-
from—of melancholy landscapes and the
sadder aspects of nature and peasant life.
At the same time, full sincerity and honesty
of craftsmanship never fail to inspire and
guide her. a 0 a a a
Mme. Blanche Ory-Robin has made a
speciality—and a highly original one, to be
sure—of string tapestry. In this new and
curious medium she has succeeded in
producing work eminently personal in
character. 00000
It would be hard to choose between the
embroideries designed and worked by
Mme. Marie Jaulmes, Mile. Pauline Ri-
viere, and Mile. S. Bertillon; and as
much may be said of the carpets of Mile.
Cless and M. Jacques Bonnier—executed
by Mme. Marc Bonnier—which are admi-
rable in all respects. 000
Book art is flourishing abundantly.
Before the war earnest and praiseworthy
efforts had been made, both as regards
printing and illustration, to put within the
reach of the general public—quite apart
from the very limited editions de luxe in-
tended solely for collectors—books and
magazines well illustrated, in the modern
spirit, and printed on good and good-
looking paper; and these efforts were
rewarded with success. I would specially
mention—because its appearance marks a
date in the history of French book-produc-
tion—the u Gazette du Bon T on," published
by M. Lucien Vogel at the Librairie Cen-
trale des Beaux-Arts. It opened up a new
road, this monthly review devoted to French
fashion in all its varied expressions, printed
in the Cochin characters just engraved by
the firm of Peignot, illustrated throughout
with colour-engravings done according to
pattern ; and it claimed attention as much
by the originality of the ideas which had
brought it into being as by the high
artistic and literary quality of its contents.
All prejudice apart, it must be said that no
such effort in this particular direction could
have been successfully achieved in any
other country. Real accomplishment, no
matter what it be, is always worthy of ad-
miration. “ I like a little song well sung,"
said Puvis de Chavannes, “ better than
an indifferent oratorio." The u Gazette
du Bon Ton" was an arietta marvellously
well performed. 0000
ELECTRIC STANDARD
LAMP. BY EDGAR W.
BRANDT
55