New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11

the contractor gets DOtn the 'ltui' """
the very much larger pecuniary returns
Tor them.
uplNG AND POLYCHROME.
The gorgeously coIored and thicAl!
eilded mummy cases IN great museums
are mute testimony alike to the hod''
.,,, ,r these arts and 10 their Egyptian
,.,i,t,. aud that testimony j. supple
mentcd ny references 10 them III Ii"i
Writ Through the ages theN nave "eiu
their own. the gliding especially having
b.an as has been said OF it, use. 10y IA"
N-a,. E,clt IN the six statues Tor IN"
fa,ad. of the Hotel de VILE At BrugeH-
the dominant in the scheme Whi'h
blended aIl the colors into harmony
THAT il is not the wealthy and re-
uu.d alone mere who appreciate sn"-
iue.S AIT value * evidenced. SAYS
rbonas Dunlop tan American exponent
If the craiU by it, very general use ia
th.. interior decoration of pubic edin'e'
and other structures of more or, less
general assembly. and by the further tacl
that New York draws the best workmeh
rr,n .r.rvwh although he adds
more than ~ per cent OF oug most eN-
u,rt craftsmen are natives. Mr.. Dunlop
thinks that III Tor no other reason II Is
wise to have work done here. II II l.
to remain because 1t - better suited To
Withstand our capuciou~ climate. mt
tn.r. is another reason value FOR value
gliding is cheaper here than abroad.
Glasgow has gwen MS our best siiders'
u mas always taken itself quite serious
v 49, an art centre. has paid out mucn
money Gin proportion 10 the general
means Of the country 90 encourage art.
and has really. through the earnest and
skilled craftsmen It mas sent forth, as
well a. through It's school of distinguished
painters. represented by harrington Mann
Johu Lavery. George Henry amt oihe'S
nf eo,i;l note. no small claim 10 De- 50
considered II has secu To 10 that It's APP
pr.ntices rot the most rigorous. as well
rs the most c-aftsnIdu.ih'. framing
There. the apprentice has been trained ll
All branches Of his craft while mere ne
has been confined To ole of its special
ties. there he has had to learn to prepare
the moulding for the various treatments.
.ucn 40 water-gildng. powder gold. Dutch
metal leaf bronze silver leaf. aluminium
leaf. and oil sized gliding here the wood
working establishment has furnished II
already prepared.
\ MASTER GLIDER.
Mr.. Dunlop came here from that SCOT
fish town in September, i@o2. lie served
first As foreman for prominent gliding
establishment: later with Allard NOW
AIayoine) n Co. going into business for
himself i'm 1905 lie does gliding FIRST
and foremost" polychrome and enamel
lins-the latter. however. only when u
is used with the gliding. His work has
entered into the decorative schemes "f
many of the finest residences of New
York Boston and other leading centres
but alas IL can bear no hallmark. iot
IL * only one Of the factors in said de-
ora ton. sim. he may be said TO have
erected TWO monuments TO his crafts
manship. in the great silver chandelier
of Educational Hall. at Albany, aud the
four large gold chandeliers Of the audi
forum there.
There il no school OF period b. which
he does not work. faithful 10 standard.
I'm interior decoration he works over
plaster. wood. cement OF the metals. Ills
mastery of polychrome treatment Is
shown IN TWO beautiful and contrasting /
specimens at his studio. one italian !
Renaissance. with the vivid primary |
colors Of the period. and the other-his |
own idea-an application 10 wood Of the !
principle used i'm modern fabrics. where !
the colors are family suggested. as II !
were.
Need IL be added that much repair work |
* intrusted 10 his skill. when his gestora- !
tons are 50 perfect that damaged parts I
are made To match the rest of the work |
in way TO make one doubt that there |
were ever any i'm the piece? But there. |
NO Thoroughfare" il. metaphorlcally. |
the sign that here confronis the writer: |
Mr. Dunlops studio mo l62 East sd |
street, is workshop not show |
room" And it is shop to which the |
precious herlooms of old families and 1
art work Of all kinds. from the leading /
art dealers find their way. and-alas for |
the writer's ambitions-over all IS the |
seal of confidence. And a great. big. in |
vOlable seal IL is. too or there would |
he some glowing description here of the |
treasures viewed by the aforesaid scribe !
in that same shop,