The Australian flora in applied art (1915) (14761542056)

Identifier: australianflorai00bake (find matches)
Title: The Australian flora in applied art
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Baker, Richard Thomas, 1854-1941
Subjects: Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms Telopea in art Flowers in art
Publisher: (Sydney, W.A. Gullick, Gove. printer)
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden



Text Appearing Before Image:
Fig. 30. Doultons Australian floraldesigns on their chinawere much admired; butas the series of vases, &c.,were not continued, theyhave become rare, and arenow bringing fancy pricesby connoisseurs. Severalspecimens arc exhibitedin the Technoogical Mu-seum. N.S.W. TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Text Appearing After Image:
The one illustrated is from a plaquein the possession of Mr. John Shorter, ofParramatta, which he kindly lent for re-production. It is called the Waratahplaque, that plant predominating in thetout-ensemble. The clusters of cream-cooured flowers are the Wonga Vine(Tecoma australis). It measures i6 inchesin diameter, and is tin chef-doeuvre, thebold colour of the Waratah making aconspicuous object in this piece of ceramicart. L. Biltons name can just be madeout at the bottom of the plate, a littletowards the right. Fig. 25. Figure 26 shows the latest chinawarein colour of Australian floral decoration inporcelain by Doulton, and is now on salein Sydney. It has special claims for recog-nition here, since the original design is thework of Miss Shorter, a student of ourGranville Technical College, under Mr. A.Coffey. The design or conventionalisation wasmade in order to settle a discussion as towhether so large a flower as the Waratahcould be used for decoration on such smallobjects as a te