Evening star., 1929-12-01

61bited ana lecCOred on MS craft.
This is the largest collection of hand
shown in Washington, and it is in truth
an amazing and beautiful display. Each
piece is separately designed and indi-
vidually a work of art; the workman
ship approaches perfection. And above
and beyond all is the fact that the de-
signs and execution manifest the max
er's own personality and his exceptional
exquisite taste
Mr. Hale has gathered his materials
from all parts of the world - China,
India, South Africa, England and her
possessions. here in our own land. A
beautiful brooch has been designed
around tiny little Wedgewood relief
light figures on a dark ground. This he
has set in a gold leaf design, with pearls
above and below and rubies to the right
and left, giving just the right touch OF
color. In ring for man. very simply
designed but beautifully wrought he has
set an old Roman intaglio.
Mr.. Hale's jewelry is exceedingly
colorful. To see it heaped on the case
or as taken from the packing box it
suggests nothing so much as the treas
ure found in Aladdin'S cave. But Mr..
Hale never forgets that jewelry Is orna-
nent and that for the most part it is
purposed to be worn by gentle, gracious
ladies. therefore, although he does not
disregard style, his designs are always
appropriate to such use-ref1ned. His
designs are never copied from the past;
they are OF our day and our tlme-lnol-
Vidual creationS-workS Of art
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A LITTLE farther up Connecticut
"A avenue. 1917. Mrs. Johnson's. there
will be displayed this week. beginning
December 2 and continuing through the
rAl Id aOlIoriiAYN of
needlepoint by Amelia Muir Baldwin OF
Boston.
The making of needlepoint is also one
of the established art-crafts, craft
which Miss Baldwin, 1t is understood,
has carried to great perfection. Needle
point should not be confused with the
ordinary tapestry, the one being done
with the needle on canvas. the other
woven OH a loom. In the one the needle
carries the wool back and forth; in the
other the shuttle winds the thread
around each of the cross threads and
the work is done from the back. Needle
poirt Is produced in all kinds of designs
figures as we'll as conventional pat
terms. The most attractive are In the
style employed in France during the
time of the Louis'-elaborate, floral, but
never florid. The degree of fineness de-
pends upon the mesh of the canvas and
the thickness of the wool. The best
needlepoint has amazing durability,
wearing and remaining in perfect con-
dition not only for years, but tor gen.
erationS.
Miss Baldwin has made very care
full study of authentic and historic pat
terms and examples and follows cIoseiy
the tradition of earlier days. Tnls Is
essentially a woman's art, and one In
which she has invariably excelled.
Among the works to be shown by MISS
Baldwin are wall hangings, f1re screens
covers for chairs, sofas. benches, stools,
etc.
INDUSTRIAL art and crafts seem
to be taking foremost place IN the
local field of art at this time. In aool-
ton to the exhibitions just mentioned
there has been and is continuing most
interesting showing Of silver at Dulin d
Martins. set forth by the Gorham Co.
of New York.
This exhibit includes copies OF early
American work, notably an excellent
CODY of a silver teapot by Paul Revere;
examples Of extremely modern design
and workmanship by cotemporary sill
veTsmiths, and the finest OF the ma
chine-made silver. Excellent demon
stration is given Of the difference in sur
face in the hand-wrought and the ma
chine-made silVerware, and due en-
phasis is placed on design. This Is, as
is so often said, machine age, but ex-
hibits such as this help to strengthen
the position of the crafts and to demon
strate the fact that in the long run the
machine-made article produced in
quantity can never compete with the
hand-wrought work produced singly.
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A GROUP Of statuetes representing
= nursery rhyme characters, modelled
and colored by Mrs George Oakley Tot
ten of this city, has lately been shown in
BachrachS window on Connecticut ave-
nue.. -......
Mrs. Totten, it will be remembered,
began modelling such figures before she
left Sweden. Her themes then came
from Swedish folklore and her work
was beautifully rendered in porcelain
by one of the leading Swedish porcelain
manufacturers through her co-opera-
ton. Since her marriage to Maj. Tot
ten, and in recent years, she has pro-
duced in less fine material, but with
the same blithe spirit, these piQuant
little figures from our nursery rhymes.
In the particular group set forth at this
time one renews acquaintance with
Little Bo-Peep." Simple Simon" Lit
tie Boy Blue" Little Miss Moffett" and
Yankee Doodle" astride his little pony,
with real feather in his cap-a very
satisfactory national hero.
Again we have art and industry join
ing hands In happy union, for, after all.
these little works are unique only in
character. More than one can be pro-
duced by the same method, though
each, through its original source and
coloring, is individual.
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A SPECIAL exhibition of etchings.
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colorS by George G. Wales is scheduled
TO open in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
on December 2 to continue to Decem-
Der %. but in reality was on view there
last week, having arrived perhaps a
little in advance Of its appointed time
but none too soon.
Mr.. Wales has made q speciality Of
ships, and none who love the sea could
fail TO find attraction and charm in
his work. If we are not mistaken, Mr..
Wales comes Of an old naval family,
with traditions Of the sea In his veins.
Certainly it would be hard to believe
that any one could interpret the old
sailing ship so well without this back
ground and kinship. And how beauti-
ful they were-the clipper ships of the
past, their sails spread, dauntless as
the birds Of the air, gay with the spirit
of adventure, romantic in the extreme
How well, seeing these etchings Of Mr.
Wales, one can understand Conrad's
grief at the disappearance from the seas
Of the sailing ship, his lament that II
had become a thing Of the past.
Mr.. Wales in his etchings shows
the clipper ship under many circum-
stances-in fog, breasting heavy seas
creeping stealthily over still waters
with the wind light and banning, but
always fascinating. He hints at the
tragedy of the sea in two etchings oi
wrecks he suggests the Joy Of home