RERAMIC STUDIO 
23 
THE GUILD OF ARTS AND CRAFTS OF NEW YORK 
T was a most interesting exhibition 
which was held at the Guild House, 
109 East 23d street, by the Guild 
of Arts and Crafts of New York. 
Mr. F. L. Thompson, of New York, 
showed some extremely handsome 
silver and gold mountings for bags, 
bonbon boxes, purses. The work- 
manship was very clever, both in the 
repousst^ and in the flat, and also in 
the setting of stones. The designs were good. 
Mrs. Froehlich of Pratt Institute, exhibited a few charm- 
ing silver buckles, both plain and enameled and a copper oxide 
bowl showing broad treatment and exquisite workmanship. 
There was a silver chain made by her with dainty silver links 
enameled with dark red and a pierced repousse silver buckle 
with green enamel that made one long to be tlje possessor. 
Miss Peacock showed some clever articles, a small copper 
pot, with a simple design in the Greek key, and an exquisite 
tea strainer that was fine in form and cleverly finished ; also a 
low silver dish and a charming belt buckle in copper with the 
design in dark blue enamel and several small pieces, all show- 
ing Miss Peacock's strong but simple designs. 
Miss Haydock of Philadelphia, exhibited some interesting 
work in the form of chains, buckles and fobs and bowls, prin- 
cipally of copper oxide, making green tones in the design. 
Christina Reade exhibited several articles in the copper 
oxide with and without enamel. There were several fobs and 
malachite buttons set in bronze, and a fob of bronze with 
black opal matrix set in, making a charming harmony in 
browns, reds and greens. Her designs seemed quite individual, 
as was the case of all. 
Dr. Busck is the instructor in metals at the Guild House, 
and many small objects in metal were from the Busck studios 
showing nice forms and workmanship. Dr. Busck exhibited a 
copper covered caserole with design of three dolphins in relief, 
and from his studio was a copper sconce and perforated brass 
lamp shades. 
Mrs. Charlotte Howell Busck had some very fine wrought 
leather in different objects, the most important of which 
were a large chair, stool and unmounted design in calf. The 
chair was mounted in plain dark oak and copper nails, lines 
were straight and simple. 
Miss Amy Mali Hicks, who has the department of 
design at the Guild House, showed a very handsome lacquered 
screen of carved leather with the iris design, Dutch metal laid 
on the leather, then painted and lacquered, giving the 
effect of the Chinese gilt papers. This lacquer will never 
tarnish. Miss Hicks' designs were seen all through the room, 
both of her own work and that of her pupils and followers, 
in leather and rug weaving. 
Miss Holden exhibited a well designed and executed 
pierced lamp shade in brass, which covered a large low lamp 
made of pottery with an unfired decoration of red and black, 
rather Indian in character. 
In the textiles, there were interesting designs in staining, 
batiks or dyeing by reserve, the original goods being kept 
away from the dye by different processes, either by twisting 
or tying or other means. The effect is most artistic and like 
many of the old oriental methods. 
Amalie Busck Deady of New York, exhibited beautiful 
weavings in the forms of rugs and hammocks. There were 
two pale yellow cotton rugs, with weavings of deeper yellow 
and neutral green that were very artistic and very reasonable 
in price, as were her green rugs of the same style. 
Miss Marie Little, another clever weaver, who makes her 
own dyes, showed a large dull green rug, woven of corduroy, 
which was soft and delightful both to eye and touch. This 
had suggestions of design in the border of dull yellow and 
lighter green, making the whole very pleasant. 
The School of Industrial Arts of Trenton, a free school, 
exhibited rugs designed by Miss Hicks which were well carried 
out in rather thick weaving of dull reds, browns and green. 
Miss Hicks makes her own dyes also and showed attractive 
weavings in the blues, greens and white. 
Mrs. G. S. Ruggles, from the Mothers' and Daughters' In- 
dustry of New Hampshire, showed some charming rugs of 
plain weave ; one in white with simple blue in spots, was very 
good indeed, so were those in the yellow tones. 
In the basketry department the coil basket predominated, 
taking the form of the coil pottery. 
Perhaps the choicest basket in the large collection was a 
tiny one exhibited by Miss Mary White, instructor of basketry 
at the Guild, the design of fish, made with raffia over rattan, 
Indian stitch, and the color scheme being silver white for the 
fish and grey green for the body of the basket. 
Mrs. F. G. Loyd had several daintily formed baskets 
with black and red woven in, using the rafifia over rattan and 
the Indian stitch, which gives a very fine weave, like the 
Alaska baskets. 
Some corn, grass and husk coiled baskets were shown by 
Miss Sarah Frances of Piainfield, N. J. There were more 
baskets of this character than of any other. 
There were many specimens of pottery, but only two or 
three pieces from each potter. Taft & Belknap were kind 
enough to loan pieces from Miss McLaughlin, Mr. Robertson 
(Dedham pottery) and Mr. Hastings, and also pieces from 
the Merrimac pottery and a few bits of Moravian pottery, 
with examples of Mr. Van Briggle's work. The latter's ex- 
hibit did not do him justice, as his work is individual and 
unique usually, and there was nothing extraordinary about 
the few pieces shown, they were rather good in form and were 
of the dull green enamel. 
Mr. Volkmar showed a departure in his work, there being 
new forms partially made on the wheel and then finished by 
modeling in relief, dull green enamels and specimens of dull 
red or pink enamel glazes. 
Miss Tourtelotte had two or three delightful little pieces 
of Trenton pottery with her incised designs and the dull glaze 
of green and brown intermingled, and a stein in blue and 
white. 
Miss McLaughlin so far leads, her examples of hard fire 
porcelains being very choice and entirely different from any- 
thing shown. 
The Kahler pottery from Denmark, was characteristic, 
seeming to speak of that faraway country both in design and 
form. The glazes were ordinary, but the forms were simple 
and strong. 
There were a few pieces of the Grueby in their usual dull 
green glaze and leaf like forms of modelling. 
The Newcornb pottery was simple and good in tones of 
grey blues. 
Mrs. Leonard and Miss Peacock, both pupils of Volkmar, 
exhibited a few pieces modeled by hand and some turned on 
the wheel. 
There were exhibitors this year of overglaze decoration 
