Evening star., 1915-05-15

acteristics. so much so. indeed. that a
very little familiarity will entirely pre-
clude possibilities of confusion.
This industry seems to be pretty well
scattered through the United States,
for in this exhibition some examples
Orleans. some from Colorado. not a
few from New England and far
share from the middle west. ana IL
each instance native clays are used
Some specially interesting and unique
examples have been contributed by the
Poillon pottery. which is at Woodbridge.
~ j. These ;Ae in large part reproduc-
tons Of ancient examples. SUCH for IN
stance. as beaker jug 2200 B. g, ana
few designs of a Cretan dinner set dating
from 1900 to 2200 B. c. These and other
examples from the same iilns are most
interesting in form and colo" IernaPs
il may he thought that in this neld OF arr
little progress has been made iii modern
times and il is true if the comparison
instituted takes into consideration ancient
works. but enormous strides have been
made toward recovering lost secrets and
restoring the art to its own distinction
Choice Pieces Shown.
The Pewabic potteries of Detroit have
also produced some notable examples, COM
parable with the best ancient times. IN
deed so excellent are some of the results
obtained that MIR. Freer has lfided I. few
examples to his notable collection OF
oriental potteres. \ few choice pieces
are shown in thi:; exhibition.
The t'ulper potteries contribute ;tn eS-
cellcnt group. among which mention nay
specially be made of several pieces OF an
exuuisite red-'famlle rose"-hne III
shape and beautiful in color graduation
The Rookwood is perhaps one OF the
best known potteries. and 1t continues 10
hold its own. changing its character RON
time to time. experimenting interestingly,
hut working honestly with 4 Keen APP
probation of artistic quality in design
The Sophie Newcomb pottery from New
Orleans is excellent also, and. holding fast
to conventionaliZaton in design, Sets 4
good example to those who would forget
TIE real object of decoration
Ard besides these. there are the Van
Rriggle Paul Revere. Moravian and En-
field all charming. different and well rep
resented.
All of these already mentioned are tor
The most part makers of vases. Jars, tiles
and the like.
Tableware Shown
From the Dedham pottery have come
tableware, plates, bowls. etc. interesting
ly decorated in repeated. original pat
terms, in single color. These are ell
tir.ly individual and very delightful
suitable to the purpose for which they
are produced, and yet Of engaging IN
ter6St.
The Lenox chinan.akers in Trenton.
y. J.. make an extremely interesting
and beautiful display of fine porcelain
very beautifully decorated. rms rs the
one place in America where china com
parable TO that made in England ana
France is being produced When the
question is asked why, the reply is thit
with the higher cost of labor IN the
United States and the less number OF
skilled workers competition win TOR
eign countries has until recently been
too great to make this branch of art
industry rewarding.
The Tiffany udios of New York have
contributed quite representative col
lection of their fabriie glass and of a
type unlike that which is commercially
current This exhibit alone is valued
at over two thousand dollars. Ky Spe-
ciaI arrangement it is shown chiehy IN
the room which has been furnished DE
a group of exhibitors as typicai
American living room of today. On the
high shelf of the beautiful mantel in
this room stand two tall and some
smaller vases giving color and decora-
tive interest, and in cabinet other
beautiful coIorfui examples are to be
found, while just outside the door are
two interesting panels which are de-
signs in color for mosaics of Tiffany
glass.
Beautiful Living Room.
This living room will undoubtedly at
tract much attention. and a museum
exhibit is of peculiar interest All of
the furniture has come from Grand
Rapids makers, the drapery silks were
woven at the mills of the Cheney Bros.
in Connecticut, the yugs were made by
an American Persian rug manufactory,
and SO everything is found to be the
product of American enterprise, Amer
lean. la Dor and American design. In
this room the exhibits are brought into
unified relationship and set forth not
merely as exhibits, but as exhibits in
place.
An interesting feature of this room is
the pictures on the walls. by American
painters. Here, too, may be seen two
very beautiful screens embroidered by
Mrs Seward Hume Hathbun of this
city.
The textiles have for the most part
been assembled in the large room ad-
jacent to that furnished under the di-
rection of the editors of Good Furni-
ture. Ten handsome rugs, rich in color
and handsome in design, contributed
by Whittall of Worcester, Mass, cover
the walls. while in cases are shown
drapery silks, upholstery goods dyed