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DOI article:Artificial lighting
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A rtificial L igh ting
choice, since the ways of treating <<3> then by him bumped with coarse
and finishing metal are very 1*511^1 dents all over to make them appear
numerous. Thus it may have a I I as though they had been fashioned
dull, an oxydised, or a polished I 1 and hollowed from the flat sheet
surface; brass may be finished | 1 by the sole process of hand-
"grey," as in several instances I i hammering. Quite small articles
illustrated; iron may be blacked II 'n rnetal are sometimes to be seen
on the one hand or "armour- | I scarred all over with mallet-marks
bright" on the other. Again, a Q ,. Q out of all proportion to the scale
great variety of effects may be R T 1. of the object itself. But it is
gained by the use of coloured y Sj V nothing else than an egregious
lacquers, or enamelling, or setting
with stones or pearl blisters—to
say nothing of the very obvious,
it aesthetically the least com-
mendable, method of blending
different metals in one or other of
the many available combinations.
pendant in
hammered bronze
designed and
executed by
ei.good & brown
A very popu- sham if the
lar treatment hammering
nowadays, and takes place
such thatpasses only after
under the de- the article
signation of has been in
"art work," is fact made
bruising the originally
surface of metal by other
hanging lamp in wrought copper
hanging lamp in
to imitate ham- means. designed by a. stubbs
, t . executed by jesson,
mer marks. Let every birkett & co., ltd.
Now it is, of purchaser,
course, per- then, and
fectly true that every craftsman too, be assured that this kind of
a great deal of rude effect, not being spontaneous nor structural,
metal work is but wilfully procured, contributes nothing to the
copper or bronze genuinely hand- workmanlike and artistic qualities of the article.
designed by edward spencer , . . _ .. . " ' , , . , , . , ,
beaten ; but it On the contrary, it is to the last degree boorish and
is also true that amateurish, if not even worse, viz., a disfigurement
a deal of metal fittings and vessels which are and a lie, outraging good taste and good sense alike,
labelled as hand-beaten were never so beaten Of these two faults, rude workmanship on the one
at all until after they had been spun and hand and over-finish and over-refinement on the
shaped on the lathe, and, falling subsequently other, the latter, howsoever pitiable, is the lesser
into the hands of lhe "high-art craftsman," were evil, because it is at least sincere in intention, nor
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choice, since the ways of treating <<3> then by him bumped with coarse
and finishing metal are very 1*511^1 dents all over to make them appear
numerous. Thus it may have a I I as though they had been fashioned
dull, an oxydised, or a polished I 1 and hollowed from the flat sheet
surface; brass may be finished | 1 by the sole process of hand-
"grey," as in several instances I i hammering. Quite small articles
illustrated; iron may be blacked II 'n rnetal are sometimes to be seen
on the one hand or "armour- | I scarred all over with mallet-marks
bright" on the other. Again, a Q ,. Q out of all proportion to the scale
great variety of effects may be R T 1. of the object itself. But it is
gained by the use of coloured y Sj V nothing else than an egregious
lacquers, or enamelling, or setting
with stones or pearl blisters—to
say nothing of the very obvious,
it aesthetically the least com-
mendable, method of blending
different metals in one or other of
the many available combinations.
pendant in
hammered bronze
designed and
executed by
ei.good & brown
A very popu- sham if the
lar treatment hammering
nowadays, and takes place
such thatpasses only after
under the de- the article
signation of has been in
"art work," is fact made
bruising the originally
surface of metal by other
hanging lamp in wrought copper
hanging lamp in
to imitate ham- means. designed by a. stubbs
, t . executed by jesson,
mer marks. Let every birkett & co., ltd.
Now it is, of purchaser,
course, per- then, and
fectly true that every craftsman too, be assured that this kind of
a great deal of rude effect, not being spontaneous nor structural,
metal work is but wilfully procured, contributes nothing to the
copper or bronze genuinely hand- workmanlike and artistic qualities of the article.
designed by edward spencer , . . _ .. . " ' , , . , , . , ,
beaten ; but it On the contrary, it is to the last degree boorish and
is also true that amateurish, if not even worse, viz., a disfigurement
a deal of metal fittings and vessels which are and a lie, outraging good taste and good sense alike,
labelled as hand-beaten were never so beaten Of these two faults, rude workmanship on the one
at all until after they had been spun and hand and over-finish and over-refinement on the
shaped on the lathe, and, falling subsequently other, the latter, howsoever pitiable, is the lesser
into the hands of lhe "high-art craftsman," were evil, because it is at least sincere in intention, nor
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