The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1909)

Holland House, Penang, S.S. His
work has been reproduced in all the
previous issues of The Studio Year
Book.

WINDOW FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY DESIGNED
AND EXECUTED BY ANDREW STODDART
SUMNER, Heywood, Cuckoo Hill, South
Gorley, Fordingbridge, Hants.
In viewing the ecclesiastical work of Mr.
Heywood Sumner, whether it be a sgraffito
decoration for a wall, or a stained glass win-
dow, one is invariably impressed by the grace
and dignity of the design, and the delicate
beauty of the colour. He is familiar to
readers of The Studio through the reproduc-
tions of his work which have appeared in its
pages from time to time. His sgraffito deco-
rations were fully discussed in the April
number, 1898, by the late Mr. Gleeson White,
and several illustrations of his stained glass
and a decorative landscape panel appeared in
the February number, 1906. He is repre-
sented here by a wallpaper designed for Messrs.
Jeffrey & Co., and a reproduction in colour of
a cartoon for a three-light window for the
Church of St. Mar)7 the Virgin at Great War-
ley, Essex. This beautiful window was exe-
cuted by Messrs. James Powell & Sons. A
cartoon for another window for the same
church was illustrated in The Studio for
February, 1906. An arras tapestry—“The
Chase”—designed by Mr. Sumner and executed
by Messrs. Morris &Co. is reproduced on page
95 in the following section of this book. The
admirable decorative qualities which this beau-
tiful design possesses may be seen in the
illustration, but it is impossible in black-and-
white to do full justice to the original. It is,
without doubt, one of Mr. Sumner’s most suc-
cessful works in tapestry design.

STRACHAN, Alexander,
Windsor Place, Victoria Street,
Aberdeen, N.B.
Mr. Strachan is a designer of stained
and leaded glass and he has exe-
cuted several important commis-
sions both in Scotland and abroad.
Amongst these may be mentioned
memorial windows and other glaz-
ing for the Holburn Parish Church,
Aberdeen ; windows for the County
Hall, Aberdeen (one of which is re-
produced on page 71); a memorial
window for the Parish Church, Birsay, Ork-
ney ; windows for the New Standard Bank of
South Africa, Johannesburg, and other glaz-
ing for Messrs. Hey’s business premises in
Pretoria.

THE “QUERCUS” WALLPAPER, DESIGNED BY
HEYWOOD SUMNER FOR JEFFREY AND CO.

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