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from the School of Art, Cork, and the Kinsale Branch class. All four had 

 previously held Local Exhibitions. 



Taking into account the small number of advanced students the Cork 

 School of Art has held a fairly high place in the National Competition of 

 Schools of Art. 



In 1896 the first grant from South Kensington under the Technical In- 

 struction Act was made to the School in support of a class for the teaching 

 of Embroidery. In 1899 a further grant was made in aid of the teaching of 

 Limerick Lace making, and in October, 1900, Crochet was added to the 

 subjects of Technical Instruction taught in the School. These Needlework 

 classes have proved of the greatest possible benefit to the designers, whose 

 designs are now much more practical than before, with the result that there 

 is a much greater demand for, and readier sale of, the designs than formerly. 



In April, 1900, during the visit of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria to 

 Dublin, specimens of the Needlework executed at the Cork School were 

 submitted to Her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to order two em- 

 broidered coverlets, which were completed and forwarded to Buckingham 

 Palace. 



Several designs for table damask have been sold in Belfast ; and quite 

 recently, in a competition for prizes held by the Old Bleach Linen Co., 

 Randalstown, County Antrim, which was open to the United Kingdom, the 

 second prize of ;^io was won by Miss G. Sutton, and the fourth prize by 

 Miss Whitcliffe. The seventh prize for towel design, open to ladies only, 

 was also won by Miss Sutton. Several of the National Competition prizes 

 awarded to this School in recent years have been for modelled works, and 

 now that a special Modelling Master has been appointed it is hoped that 

 modelled designs applied to local industries will be as successful as the 

 designs already produced for Needlework and Damask. There is- good 

 terra-cotta clay in the immediate neighbourhood, so that there seems no 

 reason why it should not be largely availed of by architects for decorative 

 purposes. 



