Studio: international art (87.1924)

MR. GORDON RUSSELL’S FURNITURE

district and we are constantly carrying on
a training system to improve the standard
of work, in which they take the greatest
possible interest. Each design must be
looked upon as the solution of a definite
problem, and however simple it may be
the quality of the work is the same.” a

TABLE AND STANDING MIRROR
OF ENGLISH OAK. DESIGNED BY
GORDON RUSSELL, EXECUTED
BY RUSSELL AND SONS

We hope that Mr. Russell’s efforts will
not only meet with the recognition and
support which they deserve, but will
stimulate others to attempt at self-
expression instead of the lifeless and imper-
sonal echoes of the past which appear to
satisfy the majority of modern designers.

BENCH AND STOOL OF ENGLISH OAK, WITH TOPS
OF INTERLACED HIDE. DESIGNED BY GORDON
RUSSELL, EXECUTED BY RUSSELL AND SONS

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