KERAMIC STUDIO 
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INTERIOR GALLERY CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE— ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION 
CERAMICS AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 
OF ART CRAFTS OF THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE 
B. Bennett 
IT is unfortunate that words cannot convey the subtlety 
or pecuUarities of color which are some of the prime 
qualities in pottery results. The enthusiastic admirer can 
but call attention to the ideas conveyed by the various potters 
thereby arousing sufficient public interest to create the desire 
first to see and examine, and then to possess. There are two 
necessities to consummate the desired result, the first to obtain 
novel, well wrought pieces to exhibit, the second to spare no 
pains in installing the work to be exhibited before the public 
eye. 
The Art Institute of Chicago is the only big museum in 
this country that so far recognizes the crafts in art that it holds 
annually an exhibition of work gathered from every part of the 
United States. The large galleries are decorated in novel 
manner each year, but the exhibition just closed certainly 
excelled all that have gone before. 
One illustration shows the general arrangement of one of 
the five picture galleries devoted to the crafts this season. On 
the walls, that were done in soft linen tones, with a deep green 
running stencil pattern, along edges of walls and cases, were 
flat cases containing small pieces of weaving and lace and 
embroideries. The floor cases, some large, some small, held 
all manner of objects such as silver, pottery, porcelain and 
carvings. 
The case containing the Robineau porcelains is shown with 
its special installation on a changeable tan marquisette over 
MRS. J. W. RICE AND MR. VOLKMAR, POTTERS 
DURANT KILNS POTTERY 
