New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

Ellin executed the interior carving.
WOOD CARVING SCHOOL
Then followed St: Thomas,s Church. by r. NJ
tepI sT bsn.i and Wam ade1 W fast That Nj
Ellin felt justified in his attempt to found an ART
to design. model and execute all varieties Of
plastic decorative art 1t took SIX years t oL
the little band of enthusiasts he had collected;
but ms art has been realty IN AteIGS % te ftbe
of our natural wood carving, now Thoroughly rooted
done By Eln n' Kitson has been in the magnificent
group of private WhcR nave " Been d fhe h
Nanderbilts, Astors, Goeets and their companions
growth in our nation art life and many Of them
gems Of architecture and DECORATION which nave
the style of Francis I. Such is the house Of MI; MI;
Chateau Blois by George B. Post architect. and
the William X. Vanderbilt house Gerhaps the most
at Newport-these two last are by r. NJ. Hunt. and
nsbe5 Tf %%rey eyb6sT n Gi GoEnes anderbt
house ElIln & Kitson executed the hail., staircase
tended the execution Of the exterior carving,
cePb the sPandTeif ire ana guTe II vandePbiIts
house they did the whole of the exterior modelling
room complete, in Caen stone and American quar-,
tered oak * in in the G0et tney modelled ana
The house built by Mr. Samuel Tilden. in Gram
carved hall. staircase and entrance and the finish
ngs Of its dining room-the latter in satinwood.,
Italian renaissance grated upon. French Gothic
oilers opportunity Tor peculiarly nappy eHtCtS III
carving The endless variety. life and originaity
OF Gothic art show themselves in the wealth OF
as the conventional amors and love ribbons Of
Louis Ky and Louis NJ can never do H,,,. +, .,,,s
rich and dignified. and it was in the work of
that Mr.. ElIin was able to assemble his artist
workmen and place American modelling and wood.
carving on a firm basis At one time l7S
WorIk,men IN wood and stone We're COLLECTED etea
scattered in the great business depres-
all over the United states There are probably 17S
men in rs businesses to-day, planted all over the
houses The building of the Coils p. Huntington
which EIlin & Ki{son furnished the carved hail and
staircase brings NewYork architecture well within
the present era OF Italian and French Renaissance
eliminating. a present. in the magnificent
sion being erected by Senator Clark in Fifth
Kitson are nov. engaged: This latter is, in the
by the architects Messrs. Lord Hewlett & Hun,
It will be a structure of which both New-York and
famous WORKS & ThSh s @ have be been done by H E t
Boston cmmmngs sears es eTchitecs T the ca4e
o. Of the TheqqIIogifa Seminary in Twenty-fEst-st
Trinity Church and the one in Trinity Chapel; that
in Grace, Church: the offices of the New-York
plaster and carved wood, and those offices of the
company. in wood and plaster Elm & Kitson
also MADE IL the m9deIs for the decorations of the
in The Breakers Mr. VanderbiIts Tewnor coTtage
When Mr. Eliin first went into business there
We're no art museums, and it was necessary TO own
the drawings and casts of foreign art works neces-
Sary for models and guides to the taste of ones
artists On his trips abroad Mr.. Ellin wont
TO collect such materials and place them in his
workrooms and as an example Of the trend of
taste it may be noted that a fine detail from the
Arch of Titus. purchased over thirty years ago
lately found its first in New York as a slg-
geStion for the decorations of the Stock Exchange.
The phenomena consequent upon the interplay
Of various styles Of art have been thoroughly
worked out in the ateliers OF Eln & Kitson (now
En, Kitson & Co, Twenty -ffth-st.. North River:
Swedes, Austrians. Russians. Italians. French.
Swiss, Spanish Scotch. English. Irish Ger
man. Danish. Belgian and Holland art have
met here and EXCHANGED their secrets and
blended and refreshed their energies and prepared
the way for the artistic renaissance of the century
lust begun