House £5? Garden 
direction of Mr. Charles R. Mackintosh, 
assisted by his wife, Margaret Macdonald 
Mackintosh. The space given to Scotland 
was divided into three rooms, opening into 
each other. The first one was done in silver, 
white and rose; the second in white and a 
shade of golden gray with a frieze of pink 
and green that gave just the needed touch 
of color to save it from dullness; the third 
was in a rich purple and white. The wood¬ 
work and ceilings in all were pure white, and 
the effect was most pleasing and restful. The 
first room was almost entirely given over to 
the works of Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh ; 
but as it woidd be impossible to go into 
detail, the picture of a portion of the room 
itself will, perhaps, give a more satisfactory 
idea than any one thing could. Mr. George 
Logan’s three-paneled screen of gray wood, 
inlaid with silver and semi-precious stones, 
attracted attention chiefly because of the 
unusual materials used. 
The two designs for tapestry, by Mr. 
David Gow, as will be seen from the pic¬ 
tures, while not startlingly original, are yet 
wonderfully graceful in pattern. Their color, 
too, was very harmonious. Among the other 
artistic objects in the Scottish department 
were the three sofa pillows, designed by Mr. 
F. H. Newbery, of the Glasgow School of 
Art, which, as the illustrations show, have an 
originality of design not easy to duplicate, 
even in this age of sofa pillows. 
To the writer, the most interesting exhibit 
in the Holland room was the Batik work on 
velvet, silk and cotton stuffs. The material 
was covered with a coating of wax, leaving 
the design bare. The wax was then carefully 
cracked and the material dyed, thus bringing 
out the pattern in the color of the dye. 
After the wax was removed, the background 
of the original color was found crossed and 
recrossed with irregular lines, fine as a spider’s 
web, where the dye had penetrated the wax 
cracks. To produce a reflection in water, 
the material was covered with the merest 
film of wax, through which the dye could 
penetrate slightly, thus forming the most 
delicate shadows. In looking at the finished 
work, one woidd never imagine that the 
material, especially the velvet, had been 
through such a process of waxing and boil¬ 
ing as is necessary to produce the impressive 
result. This idea comes from Java, but has 
only recently been worked out in Holland. 
The Batik work is used for table covers, sofa 
covers, panels for screens, etc., and is ex¬ 
tremely effective. 
Though the Turin Exhibition was not a 
financial success, it certainly was a success in 
every other way ; and it is to be hoped that 
it will be followed by others, so that the 
progress of modern thought along artistic 
lines may be studied collectively, which is 
only possible when gathered together in such 
an exhibition. 
Design for a Cushion 
by F. H. Newbery , Glasgow 
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