International studio . THESTU-DIO MORNING LIGHT. WATER-COLOUR BY H. A PAYNE, (IN THE POSSESSION OF \V. A. HARVEY, ESQ.) ^/^. TOILET. WOOD-CUT BY M. BROWN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTSAND CRAFTS. a a 0 a TWENTY-FIVE years ago theTechnical Education Board of theLondon County Council planned its firstschool of arts and crafts, which wasopened at a house in Regent Street,nearly opposite the Polytechnic, inNovember, 1896. Professor Lethabyand Mr. (now Sir George) Framptonwere its original directors, and for morethan ten years useful work was done inRegent Street, despite cramped quartersand i
International studio . THESTU-DIO MORNING LIGHT. WATER-COLOUR BY H. A PAYNE, (IN THE POSSESSION OF \V. A. HARVEY, ESQ.) ^/^. TOILET. WOOD-CUT BY M. BROWN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTSAND CRAFTS. a a 0 a TWENTY-FIVE years ago theTechnical Education Board of theLondon County Council planned its firstschool of arts and crafts, which wasopened at a house in Regent Street,nearly opposite the Polytechnic, inNovember, 1896. Professor Lethabyand Mr. (now Sir George) Framptonwere its original directors, and for morethan ten years useful work was done inRegent Street, despite cramped quartersand imperfect equipment. It was notuntil 1908 that the construction wasfinished of a school worthy of the greatestcity in the world, and towards the close of that year the London County Councilestablished its classes for crafts anddesign in the vast building of grey stonethat dominates the Holborn end ofSouthampton Row. How vast thatbuilding is no one realizes until he hasbeen through it, from the spacious lecturehall on the ground floor to the light andairy studios on the fifth. 0 a a Although on every floor there are largeclassroo
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