House and Garden 
A HAND-WOVEN RUG 
Designed and made by The Canterbury Weavers 
practical form. The 
carved bedstead foot, in 
Columbian yellow wood, 
is a fine example of vig¬ 
orous carving and clever 
design. It is from Al¬ 
trincham, Cheshire, where 
a very successful class for 
the craft of the chisel has 
been in progress for 
years. The oak cabinet, 
from the Chiswick School 
of Arts and Crafts, in 
London, is also a typ¬ 
ical piece of the joiner’s 
and carver’s work done 
by small industries. 
Educationally, these 
village classes have been 
of the greatest value. 
They teach natural ob¬ 
servation, and natural 
development of natural 
instincts. They cannot 
compete with commer¬ 
cial undertakings which 
are conducted for the 
sole benefit of the pro¬ 
prietor. They cannot 
hope even for great fi¬ 
nancial success. No one 
ever made a fortune out 
OAK CABINET 
. Designed by Arthur T. Heady , Chiswick 
of a village industry or is ever likely to do 
so. Their success must be measured by 
the happiness and content of the workers 
themselves, by the improvement of their 
arts and crafts, by the consequent enlight¬ 
enment it brings to village life, and by 
the added joy and intelligence to lives 
which would otherwise be dull, dreary, and 
stagnant. The good worker is certainly 
worthy his wage, and it is to the general 
uplifting of the taste of the public that 
one must look for that appreciation of in¬ 
dividual, hand-wrought things which alone 
can bring practical sympathy and encour¬ 
agement in the form of purchases and 
commissions. 
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