MODERN DESIGN IN
JEWELLERY AND FANS

Edited by Charles Holme

OFFICES OF 'THE STUDIO,' LONDON,
PARIS, NEW YORK MCMII

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PRELIMINARY NOTE

JOHN RUSKIN has laid down some broad and simple rules whichare especially applicable to DESIGN IN JEWELLERY ANDFANS. He says, "Never encourage the manufacture of any articlenot absolutely necessary, in the production of which inventionhas no share." And, again, "Never encourage imitation, orcopying of any kind, except for the sake of preserving records ofgreat works."

It is in the thorough belief of the soundness or these principles thatthe Editor has selected a number of representative modern examplesof design by British and Continental workers, which, from theirbeauty and freshness of treatment, bear testimony to the great advancethat has recently been made in the right understanding and renderingof the jeweller's and fan-maker's arts. If articles of good taste are tobe produced, there must be a demand for them. So long as a publicis to be found that will purchase trinketry in imitation of wheel-barrows,cocks and hens, flower-pots, and moons and stars, so longwill the advance in art be retarded.

The Editor has pleasure in acknowledging the courtesy of theowners of copyrights for their kindness in sanctioning thereproduction of important work; and his best thanks are dueto all the artist-contributors, and especially to those who havemade designs expressly for this publication.

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TABLE of LITERARY CONTENTS

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LIST OF CRAFTSMENAND DESIGNERS

FRENCH SECTION