Studio: international art (86.1923)

REVIEWS

of the direct .method of carving (taille
directe). The figures reproduced were in
the last Salon d’Automne, to which
reference was made in the April issue of
this magazine.] 0000

REVIEWS,

English Decoration and Furniture during
the later XVIIIth Century. By M. Jour-
dain. (London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd.).
£3 3s. net. English Interiors from Smaller
Houses of the XVIIth—XIXth Centuries.
Same author and publishers. 24s. net. The
first of these volumes is one of a series
forming a comprehensive historical and
analytical survey of decoration and furni-
ture in England from Tudor times to the
dawn of the nineteenth century, and its
outstanding feature is the abundance of
excellent illustrations from photographs
and measured drawings made expressly
for the work. The period dealt with in this
volume covers the seventy years from 1750

“VULTURE.” CARVED IN BLACK
GRANITE BY MATEO HERNANDEZ
Salon d’Automne, 1922)

and decorators, is worthy of record. The
curtain illustrated on p. 57 was a com-
mission from the great Municipal Theatre
at Lyons, which for once was in advance
of Paris. It was on view last summer at
the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, and is
altogether a noteworthy example of decora-
tive design, the graceful arabesques of
nude figures on a warm red ground making
a very agreeable harmony. M. Jaulmes
has avoided the old mistake of introducing
a “ subject ” taken from some noted opera
or play; the design is one that comports
well with performances of the most
diverse kinds, predisposing the mind
simply by an evocation of grace and
beauty. H. F. E.

[Both M. Pompon (a former assistant of
Rodin) and Sehor Hernandez, whose work
is here illustrated, are able practitioners

“CHIMPANZEE*” CARVED IN
GRANITE BY MATEO HERNANDEZ
(Salon d’Automne, 1922)

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