The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1906)

Porcelain and Earthenware

TEAPOT, FLOWER BOWL, AND JUG DESIGNED BY CHAS. J. NOKE AND A. EATON

EXECUTED BY DOUI.TON & CO., LTD., BURSLEM

with drawn thread-work and a strip of green at
either end, is embroidered with a pattern of water-
ranunculus in yellow on green linen applique leaves.

The four embroideries reproduced in colours
consist of a pole screen (p. 209) embroidered with
Shirley poppies on white satin ; a table square
(p. 211) with drawn thread work and applique;
and two cushions, one (p. 211) with mauve pink
roses embroidered at the corners, the other (p. 209)
with white roses in chain-stitch, the leaves in green
linen applique.

Three table-covers follow in conclusion ; the first
(p. 215) of grey linen with silk appliqu'e convolvu-
luses at the corners, the prevailing colours being
pale grey-greens and mauves, the border composed
of lettering in mauve. Another cloth (p. 206) is of
pale green linen with a grey edging. The design is
founded on snowdrop plants with their bulbs, those
at the four corners being backed with lozenge-
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shaped patches of mauve applique. The last
example (p. 215) is of blue linen with a green edge.
The embroidery consists of a border of roses
applied in mauve with green leaves, also applied,
all the ornament being outlined in silk needlework.

PORCELAIN AND EARTHENWARE.
In the department of ceramics, tile-work, as par-
taking of the nature of a structural fixture, naturally
claims precedence of small and movable vessels
and other articles. And although in this country
we are more familiar with the use of tiles for flooi s,
walls and fireplace surrounds and hearths, there
are other situations in which tiles may be employed
with advantage ; such as, for instance, by way of
skirtings or for facing the risers of stairs. Both
these plans are of real practical utility from the
point of view of hygiene, offering, as they do,
peculiar facilities for scrubbing and drying the