The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . o be old or sham old, and whether it werenot wise at least to wait whilst art and architecturewere in their present experimental state, beforedoing what could never be undone. Next day,after the receipt of this, Carlyle wrote acceptingmembership, making special allusion to Wren andhis marvellous work, the like of which we shouldnever see again. The humorous sting of this story comes in itstail ; for Morris, whose detestation of seventeenthcentury architecture was virulent, had to readCarlyles letter at th
The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . o be old or sham old, and whether it werenot wise at least to wait whilst art and architecturewere in their present experimental state, beforedoing what could never be undone. Next day,after the receipt of this, Carlyle wrote acceptingmembership, making special allusion to Wren andhis marvellous work, the like of which we shouldnever see again. The humorous sting of this story comes in itstail ; for Morris, whose detestation of seventeenthcentury architecture was virulent, had to readCarlyles letter at the next meeting of the new-bornSociety ; and the tone in which he recited theabove quoted sentence distinctly carried his un-spoken comment And a good job too ! From Mr. Fred Passenger, who worked as apainter with De Morgan for twenty-eight years, Ihave recently gleaned a few particulars of the Chelseadays at Orange House, where he began work in1879, his elder brother Charles having precededhim there by some eighteen months. Ovens werea doubtful addition to the confined areas of Cheyne. a A > a s o « K 73 a t^ J XI X ?zn X rt u Q ^3 ?; cj <! <-? ^ W O Cfi u, S Um o w w o z <! a o dmim ETRURIANS IN CHELSEA 173 Row, so the pot and plate and tile designs had tobe painted on the most suitable ware that could beprocured amongst the potters; but towards theclose of the Chelsea period De Morgan, who hadnever been satisfied with the bought material, be-gan making tiles for himself, getting a crucibleclay from the Battersea plumbago works. Thekiln at Orange House was built in an old coach-house which stood between the north side of thehouse itself and Upper Cheyne Row, the flue (witha faith unshaken by Fitzroy Square happenings,and apparently justified this time) being taken intoone of the old chimneys of the house. The show-room, with a store-room at the back, occupied thewhole ground floor. The decorators, including,beside the two Passengers, Mr. Babb, a youngartist, Mrs.
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