The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-12
Articles Of Rare Beauty and Worth
To Be Shownin Art Craft Exhibit

| Articles OF beauty such as have not
often been viewed in an Indiana ex-
hibit will be displayed in the Rich
mond public art gallery next Tuesday
evening. Feb. II. when the arts and
crafts exhibit will open with costume
party.
| The guests will be charming in tie
| dresses of numerous foreign coun-
tries, including some imported gowns
| loaned by Mrs. William Dudley
| Foulke. Many entry blanks for pieces
of arts and craft have been received
by the director.
Because it is desired to make the
exhibit of special educational merit,
great care has been taken in selecting
articles from the fields of textiles.
which have been considered for their
design, decoration and weaving; from
sensible and beautiful dresses for the
women of today: from pottery and
jewelry. Next year house decoration
and domestic architecture are to be
featured.
With the foreign exhibits practically
assured. members of the exhibit com
| mittee are turning mere anxious eyes
| toward the local contributions. 1t is
hoped that many interesting things
can be borrowed from people of the
community.
Several charming old chains of in
| tricate design, some unique hand cary
! ed rings and pins already have been
| offered.
| Any one having interesting hand
weavings is asked to call Mrs. NJ. f.
| Johnston. A Chinese tapestry weav-
ing wall piece. which Mrs. David w.
| tho
will be on exhibition. Mrs. Foulke is
| loaning several Grecian gowns, and a
| few very handsome necklaces. Charm
ing old chains of intricate design
some uniquely carved rings and pins
| have been offered. Persons having
interesting jewelry are asked to call
Emma L. Fetta, 1921.
| Local Potteries Shown.
| Overlook pottery from the Cam
bridge City ovens, work from the loca
pottery classes conducted by Miss
| Elizabeth Overlook and 25 pieces OF
lockwood pottery from the famous
potters of Cincinnati, will be shown
Six pieces of pottery from the New
comb school in New Orleans are also
coming.
Miss Bessie Whitridge will have
20 pieces of hand painted china which
will be exhibited; also some handsome
needle work by Miss Elizabeth Jay.
Miss Elmira kempton will exhibi
some base reliefs in plaster and sew
eral lamp shades.
Among foreign exhibits the William
Baumgarten company of New 1orl
city is sending four handwoven tapes
tries Of considerable size, listed a
Boucher, Pastorale,' Louis XIV Can
tonniere." sixteenth Century Chair
back" ana Copy Of Sixteenth Cen
fury Fragment
: The Edgewater company OF New
\ York is sending a full sized duplicat
Of a modern tapestry woven on tn
Edgewater looms for Brooklyn
church.
FcuIke Collection Shown.
From the famous Charles Foulk
collection of tapestries in Washington
D. c., loaned through the kindness
Mrs Foulke at the solicitation of Mrs
William Dudley Foulke, are comln
some Of the most valuable tapestrie
> OF the country.
Entry blanks have been receives
; from New York batik makers for 3
pieces. A young Michigan woman i
showing some of particular beauty
Miss Emile Maue's classes at the higl
; school will have some fine work.
!, Batik is Picturesque.
Eighteen years ago Stephen Myricl
then a missionary to the east, exhibit