Modern British domestic architecture and decoration : Special Summer number of 'The Studio' A.D. 1901. — London, 1901

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the features which characterise the opening year of the twentieth century is the renewal of general interest in architecture and decoration, more especially in their relation to the construction and ornamentation of the home. The last century was chiefly remarkable for the numerous attempts to revive styles belonging to the past, most of which have failed in a greater or less degree owing to the fact that they have misrepresented modern conditions and modern requirements. That the new century should generate a style characteristically its own, borrowing from the past only those features that are strictly in accordance with present-day needs, is the desire of all who have given close attention to the principles that govern truly artistic work. Some progress in the right direction has been made in the course of recent years, and it is not only interesting now to observe the present-day phases of architecture and decoration, but it will be of value in time to come to look back upon what are probably but the initial stages of a large and important movement.

 

In the selection of illustrations it was thought desirable not to repeat here any of the numerous designs for modern houses and furniture which have appeared in the pages of The Studio from time to time, most of which would have been suitable for the purposes of this volume.

 

The editor desires to express his warm thanks to all those architects and decorators who have so kindly and so willingly given him their assistance.

 

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“Upon House-Building in the Twentieth Century.” Written by Edward S. Prior, M.A., Author of The History of Gothic Art in England 9

“A Few Words on Domestic Furniture” 15

“Metal-Work in its Relation to Domestic Decoration.” Written by Nelson Dawson, Worker in Metals 19

“Modern Domestic Stained Glass.” Written by Oscar Paterson, Worker in Glass 24

“A Few Words on Decoration and Embroidery” 27

 

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1. A Scheme of Simple Decoration for a Dining-Room. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by A. H. Baxter 33

2. Design for a Fireplace in Cedar Wood. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by Frank Brangwyn 43

3. Garden Front of a House at Hambledon. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by R. A. Briggs 57

4. A House at Crowborough, Sussex. Reproduced from a Pencil Drawing by R. A. Briggs 59

5. “The Garden of Adonis.” A Reproduction in Colours from a Panel of Embroidery designed and executed by Mary Newill 81

6. “A Sea Idyll.” Design for a Panel of Stained Glass. Reproduced in Colours from a Drawing by H. Granville Fell 95

7. “ Water-Babies.” Design for a Band of Ornament. Reproduced in Colours from a Drawing by Winifred M. Horton 99

8. A Simple Scheme of Decoration for a Boudoir, showing in situ the Decoration of Water-Babies illustrated on page 99. Reproduced in Colours from a Drawing by Winifred M. Horton 101

9. Stencilled Frieze for a Night Nursery. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by Florence. H. Laverock 101

10. “The Teak House.” View of the Living-Room. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by A. Wickham Jarvis 107

11. Decorative Panel for a Fireplace in Green Shell and Mother-of-Pearl. By Frederick Marriott 121

12. “When Pan and all the World were Young.” Two three-light Windows representing “Night” and “Day.” Reproduced in Colours from the Designs by Oscar Paterson 141

13. A Scheme for the Decoration of a Dining-Room. Reproduced in Colours from a Drawing by Olivia Rawlins 153

14. “The Chaplain’s House, St. Mary’s Home, Wantage.” Reproduced in Colours from the Design by M. H. Baillie Scott 157

15. The Dining-Room in a House at Crowborough. Reproduced in Colours from the Design by M. H. Baillie Scott 161

16. Design fora Stencil Decoration. Reproduced in Colours from a Drawing by Ingram Taylor 173

17. Colour-Scheme of the Dining-Room in C. F. A. Voysey’s House, “The Orchard,” at Chorley Wood. From a Sketch by Wilfrid Ball 187

18. “Eros.” A Design for a Sectional Mosaic in Marble, Glass, and Silver. Reproduced in Colours from the Cartoon by George Walton 201

19. Interior of the Drawing-Room in a House at Huddersfield. Reproduced in Colours from a Design by Edgar Wood 207

 

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Angus, Christine, Designer page 98

Ball, Wilfrid, Painter page 187

Bedford, F. W., and Kitson, S. D., Architects page 35 to 38

Brangwyn, Frank, Painter and Designer page 39 to 53

Brewer, Cecil C., Architect page 54

Brierley, W. H., Architect page 55

Briggs, R. A., Architect and Designer page 56 to 61

Burne-Jones, Sir Philip, Painter and Designer page 176

Butler, E., Architect page 77 to 88

Cash, John, Architect page 62

Cave, Walter F., Architect and Designer page 63 to 65

Cooke, John, Painter page 73

Cooksey, May L. G., Designer page 76

Cooper, C. J. Harold, Architect and Designer page 66 to 75

Creswick, Benjamin, Sculptor page 87

Crouch, J., and Butler, E., Architects page 77 to 88

Davis, Fred., R.I., Painter pages 80, 84, 85

Dawson, Nelson, Painter and Metal-worker page 89

Ellwood, G. M., Designer page 90 to 93

Ellwood, Mrs. G. M., Embroiderer page 93

Fell, H. Granville, Designer page 95

Fisher, Alexander, Metal-worker and Enameller page 94

Frith, W. S., Sculptor pages 68, 69, 74

Griggs, F. L. B., Pen-draughtsman and Painter page 139

Harris, Florence D., Embroiderer page 97

Haslam, R., Architect pages 106 and 109

Hayes, M., Woodcarver page 38

Heal, Ambrose, Junior, Designer page 98

Heaton, Ralph, Architect page 103

Horton, Winifred M., Designer page 99 to 102

Image, Selwyn, Designer and Painter page 104 to 105

Jarvis, A. Wickham, and Haslam, R., Architects page 106 to 109

Lee, T. Stirling, Sculptor pages 67, 68, 74

Mackintosh, Charles R., Designer page 110 to 115

Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, Designer page 110 to 115

McNair, Herbert, Designer page 116 to 119

McNair, Frances, Designer page 116 to 119

Marriott, Pickford, Mosaic-worker in Pearl and Ivory page 120

Marriott, Frederick,Mosaic-worker in Pearl and Ivory page 121

Mitchell, Arnold, Architect page 123 to 127

Neatby, William James, Designer page 128 to 131

Newbery, Mrs., J. R. Designer and Embroiderer page 132 to 133

Newill, Mary J., Designer and Embroiderer „ 80 to 83

Newton, Ernest, Architect page 134 to 138

Niven, D. B., and Wigglesworth, Herbert, Architects page 139

Noble, Edwin, Designer page 140

Paterson, Oscar, Worker in Stained Glass page 141 to 146

Pearse, S., Designer page 147 to 148

Pickett, Edith, Designer page 149

Pomeroy, F. W., Sculptor page 68

Prior, Edward S., Architect and Designer page 150

Rathbone, R. Ll. B., Metal-worker pages 37, 151, 152

Rawlins, Olivia B., Designer page 153

Reynolds, W. Bainbridge, Metal-worker page 155 to 156

Richmond, Sir William, R.A., Painter and Designer page 176

Scott, M. H. Baillie, Architect and Designer page 157 to 163

Seth-Smith, W. H., Architect page 164 to 166

Simpson, Edgar, Metal-worker pages 36, 37, and 167

Smithies, James, Metal-worker page 168 to 169

Solon, Leon V., Designer page 170

Spooner, Charles, Designer page 171 to 172

Stabler, Harold, Metal-worker page 151

Sumner, Heywood, Designer page 177

Taylor, Ingram, Designer page 173 to 175

Taylor, Una, Embroiderer page 176 to 177

Tree, Philip, Architect and Designer page 172

Veazey, David, Designer page 178 to 180

Voysey, C. F. A., Architect and Designer page 181 to 194

Walker, A. G., Sculptor page 70

Walton, George, Architect and Designer page 195 to 206

Wood, Edgar, Architect and Designer page 207 to 212

 

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