. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . wouldnt be doing the exhibition justice unless we con-gratulated Paul Elder for his beautiful display of book plates and likewisewe must mention Mr. A. R. Widdowson, who represents the Bromsgroove(iild of England, who displayed among other things the statuette of JeannedArc. an especially interesting, clean-cut and well modeled conception. The attendance at the exhibition and the interest taken in the sameby every one tends to show that the local public is reaching a moreappreciative stage toward art and architecture. The compari
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . wouldnt be doing the exhibition justice unless we con-gratulated Paul Elder for his beautiful display of book plates and likewisewe must mention Mr. A. R. Widdowson, who represents the Bromsgroove(iild of England, who displayed among other things the statuette of JeannedArc. an especially interesting, clean-cut and well modeled conception. The attendance at the exhibition and the interest taken in the sameby every one tends to show that the local public is reaching a moreappreciative stage toward art and architecture. The comparison of thelocal work with the eastern more than demonstrates that we have asgood talent along our shores as on the eastern coast; so with a keenerajjpreciation of good art and architecture by the general public, with itswillingness to sacrifice some commercialism to its noble cause. San Fran-cisco bids fair to become the center of a pure, original architecture expressiveof her people as well as the great metropolis of our country. 66 The Architect and Engineer. Ship Panel The Origin and Development of ArchitecturalFaience and Tiles By FRANCIS G. PLANT* AMONG the materials being used today for thefj^ X^^^Wff^/ \ decoration of architecture of all kinds there is ihJ^ ^—. ^ I \ nothing that ofifers so many possibilities for variety and permanently beautiful efifects as theuse of glazed faience and tiles. To most peopleglazed tiles are somewhat familiar objects, but tothem the word faience is a conundrum. Perhapsa little explanation of both words will help myreaders to more clearly follow this article. In simplelanguage, a glazed tile is a slice of terra cotta(or burnt clay) with its face coated with glaze(or liquid glass). Faience is the same materialput into more elaborate form, and the growth from the one to the other datesback to the early ages. At first men fashioned objects of coarse, raw clayand crude in form. These were hardened by drying in the sun. They thentook to decor
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