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PLATE 278.
A CABINET,
EXHIBITED BY THE ART AND INDUSTRIAL UNION, COPENHAGEN.
A SOCIETY was formed at Copenhagen in 1860 for promoting the application of the princijnes
of art to trade and workmanship. From among a large number of very excellent pieces
exhibited by them, we have selected a cabinet of walnut-wood, the pilasters and framing ornamented
with inlay of light-coloured wood on ebony: it was designed in the Italian style, remarkable for
its richness of effect, produced by the combination of marquetrie arabesques and tortoiseshell
panels; it was 7 feet 6 inches high, and valued at £45. A writing-table, chair, and dressing-
case, in the same style, were also of great merit, and, with the cabinet, obtained a prize medal.
They were designed by Mr. Henry Hansen, member of the Eoyal Society of Arts of Copenhagen, and
were executed in the best style by Messrs. A. C. Wille & C. Ronne, of that city. This society orders
annually, from eminent tradesmen, a variety of furniture and useful household articles, manufactured
after drawings designed for the purpose by well-known artists, who are likewise engaged to
superintend the execution of their works. The objects thus produced are disposed of by lottery
six times a year. The other articles exhibited by the society were a silver tea-service, in the
Grecian style, designed by Mr. C. Peters, sculptor, and executed by Messrs. A. Dragsted, C. Boas,
and K. C. Jensen, silversmiths; a fine pair of silver branch-candlesticks, and a set of dinner-
knives, forks, &c, also designed by Mr. Peters, and executed by Mr. Boas and Mr. V. Christesen,
silversmiths. A very beautiful waiter in electro-plate, designed by Mr. H. Olrich, and executed
by Mr. H. C. Drewsen, the border of which was exquisitely ornamented with subjects illustrative
of the dream and awakening of a little child; and some good designs in terra-cotta and china,
executed for the Eoyal porcelain-works, after drawings by Mr. Peters.
Two other pieces of furniture deserved special notice in this class; viz. a china and plate
cupboard in carved wood, by J. G. Lund, of Copenhagen, a very fine and massive work, for which
a medal was awarded; and a carved sideboard of good form, and exceedingly well executed, by
0. Nielsen, of Odense, for which he obtained honourable mention.
The effect obtained by the combination of colours and ornament in Mr. Hansen's cabinet
was very pleasing, rich and warm in tone, and well adapted for a comfortable room in a cold
climate. The design was essentially architectural and justly proportioned; but Ave think the
terminal form of the angle-pieces objectionable, on the score of presenting an appearance of
weakness. We never yet saw a satisfactory terminal; its shape is radically bad, because inseparably
connected in the mind with an idea of instability: common sense requires the greatest diameter
to be at the base; for thus a feeling of the firmness and security of an object appears assured.
The antique terminal pedestals surmounted by a bust were adapted by the Greeks from Egyptian
statues; but the form itself, though practised by the greatest nations of antiquity, is one which
we think better avoided by the designer of architectural subjects of every class. In other
respects this cabinet was a work of very great artistic merit, the arabesque ornament being
especially good; and the Jury, in awarding a medal for it, state that it is " of good form, well
executed, and for general effect leaves nothing to be desired." Mr. Hansen also exhibited some
designs for architectural decoration, in the same style as the cabinet, of remarkably good effect,
which were to be seen in the Fine-Art Gallery.
A CABINET,
EXHIBITED BY THE ART AND INDUSTRIAL UNION, COPENHAGEN.
A SOCIETY was formed at Copenhagen in 1860 for promoting the application of the princijnes
of art to trade and workmanship. From among a large number of very excellent pieces
exhibited by them, we have selected a cabinet of walnut-wood, the pilasters and framing ornamented
with inlay of light-coloured wood on ebony: it was designed in the Italian style, remarkable for
its richness of effect, produced by the combination of marquetrie arabesques and tortoiseshell
panels; it was 7 feet 6 inches high, and valued at £45. A writing-table, chair, and dressing-
case, in the same style, were also of great merit, and, with the cabinet, obtained a prize medal.
They were designed by Mr. Henry Hansen, member of the Eoyal Society of Arts of Copenhagen, and
were executed in the best style by Messrs. A. C. Wille & C. Ronne, of that city. This society orders
annually, from eminent tradesmen, a variety of furniture and useful household articles, manufactured
after drawings designed for the purpose by well-known artists, who are likewise engaged to
superintend the execution of their works. The objects thus produced are disposed of by lottery
six times a year. The other articles exhibited by the society were a silver tea-service, in the
Grecian style, designed by Mr. C. Peters, sculptor, and executed by Messrs. A. Dragsted, C. Boas,
and K. C. Jensen, silversmiths; a fine pair of silver branch-candlesticks, and a set of dinner-
knives, forks, &c, also designed by Mr. Peters, and executed by Mr. Boas and Mr. V. Christesen,
silversmiths. A very beautiful waiter in electro-plate, designed by Mr. H. Olrich, and executed
by Mr. H. C. Drewsen, the border of which was exquisitely ornamented with subjects illustrative
of the dream and awakening of a little child; and some good designs in terra-cotta and china,
executed for the Eoyal porcelain-works, after drawings by Mr. Peters.
Two other pieces of furniture deserved special notice in this class; viz. a china and plate
cupboard in carved wood, by J. G. Lund, of Copenhagen, a very fine and massive work, for which
a medal was awarded; and a carved sideboard of good form, and exceedingly well executed, by
0. Nielsen, of Odense, for which he obtained honourable mention.
The effect obtained by the combination of colours and ornament in Mr. Hansen's cabinet
was very pleasing, rich and warm in tone, and well adapted for a comfortable room in a cold
climate. The design was essentially architectural and justly proportioned; but Ave think the
terminal form of the angle-pieces objectionable, on the score of presenting an appearance of
weakness. We never yet saw a satisfactory terminal; its shape is radically bad, because inseparably
connected in the mind with an idea of instability: common sense requires the greatest diameter
to be at the base; for thus a feeling of the firmness and security of an object appears assured.
The antique terminal pedestals surmounted by a bust were adapted by the Greeks from Egyptian
statues; but the form itself, though practised by the greatest nations of antiquity, is one which
we think better avoided by the designer of architectural subjects of every class. In other
respects this cabinet was a work of very great artistic merit, the arabesque ornament being
especially good; and the Jury, in awarding a medal for it, state that it is " of good form, well
executed, and for general effect leaves nothing to be desired." Mr. Hansen also exhibited some
designs for architectural decoration, in the same style as the cabinet, of remarkably good effect,
which were to be seen in the Fine-Art Gallery.