Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-22
TEACHING THE PUBLIC
ABOUT ART IN TRADES
First Open Exhibition of Il
Club That Has Long Been
Pursuing Quiet Existence.
IIy Nndgr Arthur.

closed root-Hardcn atop the Wal
dori-Astoria Hotel. there Is now In
progress IA" nrst public exhibition
of interior decorative art ever given
ba the Art-!n- Trades club. Of New
York These are the lofty and
spacious apartments in which last
spring tho Society Of Independent
Articts mad. it's amazing display of
lurid paintings AMI distorted statu-
ary, al which tn" public paid 20 cents
per head u gasp and litter.
Double that sum * -deinandch for
'.-w Of tn" present exhibition. and
II Is worth il. I'll" visitor. Il" he or
sh" Df colonial descent. may wan
der into rooms Of such ancestral
Significance that Hsurpris. could hard
" l." felt. were ones great grand
parents discovered seated within
them. or II TIA" Visitors taste runs
10 NOR" splendid surroundings. en-
franc" can be had into apartments
whose tapestries and furnishings
or others precisely Tx" thcul-unc-
ir"' tho fas;idi"us tasics OF ducai
and pr!nccly occupants
Established - Years AGO.
Tn" Art Trades club was cslah-
ltsh"d seventeen years ago hy a
handful "f m"u who saw no reason
"hy an should not bc truly repre-
w"ll as merely iu The selection of
American home furnishings Tho
club today numbers scy.ra! hundred
members. aud works In connection
with tn" Metropolitan Museum OF
art In fostering aud developing
'niu"fhiur NOR" than tn" mere com
m"rc!nl spiri; among manufacturers
u now feels that VIVA, has been ar
"pnpl.Sh"d through It's influence In
MI 7h"S" years IS worthy 81 being
mad" known. aud this exhibition IL
designed to mIk" public the great
and Important steps 81 advancement
,akcn ia tn furnishing arts
during 'hc past decade, anI 10 show.
At th' ;lm". tn" especial WORK OF the
prVf"@siruI decorator in America,
as "N"cu'.d under proper conditions
and I'm an approximately IDEAL en-
yironmcn,
Nothing exhibited IS FOR sale. com
mcrrialism in uu SO: enters into
:; INC puruo-" IS purely 10 Show the
lriuripl"s ~ taste. Of SELECTION and
- ARRANGEMENT IS th"y apply 10 TIA.
"r' of i,"ui" Decoration.
o. II E'Uuiu.2" e woman asked
or ono 90 Ia" cub members. con
'"rninv beautiful sldcb"ard that
"iuHollishcl Is lining room suggestive
- 10" colonial period in tn. homes
80 ia. rich.
-; l. rc7uIn. N.w YORK inauufac-
'ur"." a." r"p!!ec. What did you
tab" +, r"r?"
= though, perhaps il, was >hnr'-
ton "r 'hip?"ndaic." she replied
.v"afIy
iou wrl find samples Of the work
az both moe" mah.rs aud also -:
Hiprclwhit". In som" 90 tn. furni-
y. Ia.
sou wili not discover superior w"rh
nnr-h'p or more artistry In d"in.ls
ol DIS ~ va th.m tlt> ~ thls. This
IS not an Imitation. q that ~ what
~ """k 20 Know II is genuine
IN every Inch ~ j.. surface: notn!ns
Sa"ddy uu m"r. veneer. That 4, mar
n,"u!z"s SO completely with articles
% an earlier period. Is = tribute alike
- the art of Its maker aui tn. in
f'u-ncc that has been cN"rt-d 10y tn"
Ar,-iu.Tradcs club. Such cabinet
work as that vas no, done in this
vicinity 81 raw years ago.
| ceased to wonder after time
wlicn ser" what are called IAN.
tiGn"s" and which. pieces OF modern
rintaS"--th"r" was SO much 10 ad
mn, Oh all sides but I, was Inter.
"-tiug to learn that the woodwork
which walled In an exhibit OF living
room furniture" by prominent Sew
York firm. had actually been CLEANED
from AN old Colonial mansion. al
though all the articles II incIosed
were OF modern make.
American Goods Prominent.
1t need not be supposed tina; Amer
!can-mudr furniture has hesitatcd to
enter what may he termed tn. Gle
giant domain OF the salon. Rich or
naucntai carvings broeadcs. satins
were 10 -" seen III profus!on. but al
ways arranged 80 as "a produce "A
harmonious effect. There was never
anywhere throughout the exhibition
n case OF jumbiing or departure from
taste through desire for lavish dis
play. \ visitor could look into lit
Il" hooks In which hut a rug. chair
and table had been assembled. aud
In some way receive tho impression
Of having sazcd urom work OF art
II is hard TO explain just how It
was accomplished. hut an hour at
this show gave yea 81" feeling Of
having been introduced into the
homes OF fellow creatures. some
wealthy. ana others less we'll off. but
all persons Of good taste and refine
meut with whom ii would he pleasant
IL mingic.
In one apartment, during my visit
girl was SOFTLY playing the piano
Chircd 10 do SO. no dUubD. and |
seemed 10 feel that II I We're To take
81 seat on the tempting brocade sofa.
would be invited to a cup OF tea,
instead OF being told. as IL more Ven
turcsoine woman really was that all
OF these exhibits we're meant to be
looked at. not utilized.
or course. the artistic effects OF
which ! have spoken could not bc
produced by cabinct-makcrs and up-
huistcrcrS alone. no matter how far
they have progressed during The past
decade. II was the allied crafts
Of mural paintings, statuary. stained
glass, ornamental metal work etc
that joining with them. gave proof
10 all visitors of tho good deeds that
hay" been accomplished by this hith-
orto publicity shrinking Art-in-
Trades Club OF the city Of New York
WILL RADIUM AT LAST