. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ught in the decorative arts in so short a timewould not be thought possible. These comprisedthe desertion of the heavy, sumptuous splendor infavor of the chaste beauty of simplicity and thedainty delicacy of the boudoir. The huge designswere replaced by the smaller and more pleasing pat-terns of airiness which took the form and floral grace of the softlv waving flow-ers in the terraced initiative thus suppliedproceeded apace. This was apretty tirne and gay, when soft,graceful curves and realisticflower forms he
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ught in the decorative arts in so short a timewould not be thought possible. These comprisedthe desertion of the heavy, sumptuous splendor infavor of the chaste beauty of simplicity and thedainty delicacy of the boudoir. The huge designswere replaced by the smaller and more pleasing pat-terns of airiness which took the form and floral grace of the softlv waving flow-ers in the terraced initiative thus suppliedproceeded apace. This was apretty tirne and gay, when soft,graceful curves and realisticflower forms held sway overthe straight and rigid severityof line which prevailed at thetime of the Grand wood used was usuallywalnut, and after the sculptorhad carved entrancing patternsof clinging tendril and leafupon its smooth surface it wasthen gilded. All the largepieces were ornamented withthe exquisite and unsurpassedmetal mounts by such artistsas Oeben, Riesener, Jacques,Coffieri, Gouthiere, and othermen of talent. STEINWAY & SONS CL Summer Arts and Crafts. WHITE MOUNTAIN HEADQUARTERS R lURAL \XD SUMMER COLONIES[OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS. All through the active life of William:^Iorris, the great pioneer of the modernEnglish handicraftmovement, there ran likea peaceful undercurrentthe constant story of theopening buds, the flow-ering fruit trees, thesong of the birds atKelmscott. He also for-sook his shops in smokyLondon for the free air,the running brook, thesimpler surroundings ofMerton Abbey. To-day Mr. Ashbee,the disciple and friendof Morris, after thirteenyears at Essex House inthe slums of London,has sought out the me-dieval village of Chi])-ping Cam])den in theColtswold hills of Glou-cestershire, where he hastransported an entirecommunity of craftsworkers. Down in Surrey, inthe picturesque villageof Haslemere, Mr. God-frey Blount has plantedanother colony of i)eas-ant weavers and workersin the various branchesof handicraft, his object NATIONAL SOCIETY OE CRAFTSMEN bei
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