International studio . AMI KM AN IN Till. \\>\\\MK. IIISKV MKK( I:K to preserve the art of hand-wrought iron in thiscountry are deserving of great creilit, and theirmany excellent achievements of mixlern crafts-manshi|> and clesign have not failed to remintl usof its value. An interesting substitute for leaded has been discovered by .Mr. John BATIK W.\LL DESIGNED BY C. H.\ IN MEYER STIDIOS When Mr. Harvey Chatfield disregarded theusual flaunting grapes, winecups, dishes of goldand jjearls of tradition in his binding of a
International studio . AMI KM AN IN Till. \\>\\\MK. IIISKV MKK( I:K to preserve the art of hand-wrought iron in thiscountry are deserving of great creilit, and theirmany excellent achievements of mixlern crafts-manshi|> and clesign have not failed to remintl usof its value. An interesting substitute for leaded has been discovered by .Mr. John BATIK W.\LL DESIGNED BY C. H.\ IN MEYER STIDIOS When Mr. Harvey Chatfield disregarded theusual flaunting grapes, winecups, dishes of goldand jjearls of tradition in his binding of a rareedition of Omar, and substituted, instead, a sin-gle ilesign of exquisite grace and precision, neitherround nor oval, but representing the full bliH)m ofthe rose—a new departure was made in an oldand venerable craft. I he high-water mark in theart of Ixxikbinding was supposed to have beenreached in the gorgeous, elal>orate and intricategold-tooled bindings of the French. To , however, the binding of a Ixjok is tohold something, and not merely a surface tocover. As its construction, or forwarding, mustreveal its strength and solidarity, so its decora-tion must suggest, not in hackneyed symlK>l, butin tone ami feeling, the character of its contents. National Society of Craftsmen In the Spring of 1911 the American WomansLeague sent an exhib
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