The Word in the Pattern by Watts (6 results)

24.0 x 19.0cms 112pp b/w & coloour illusts very good paperback & cover Mary Seton Watts was the wife of George Frederic Watts the artist and this complex is in Compton Surrey. Its gallery showcases her husband''s art; a chapel and their Arts & Crafts house at Limnerslease The essays are: tracing the genesis of Watts Chapel in the ceiling decoration at Limnerlease: St John & Watts Chapel; Mary Watts''s choice of decoration; G F Watts''s ''The All pervading'' ; Compton Cemetery & its memorials; The Word In The patter (1905); notable contributors to the chapel decorations; investigating the structure; repairing the fabric.

4to. pp 112. Colour illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780953761555 Fine.

4to. pp 32. Original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering at spine and brown insignia at front. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates and illustrations throughout the text. Foxing throughout, endpapers and untrimmed page edges tanned and spotted, boards have some tanning a few spots, else plates clean with all tissue guards present. good plus.

4to, hardback, 32pp + plates. Goodish condition. No dustwrapper. Linen-patterned covers, bumped, spine seems to have been repaired at some point, and is sunned and a little loose. A few little marks to the cover, head and foot of spine frayed. Uncut edges, front hinge and hinge at p13 cracked, endpapers browned, foxed, previous owner's inscription at free front endpaper. Plates have tissue guards. Pages are foxed throughout, but contents are good, clear and bright. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Lacking front blank endpaper, bubbled cloth; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. Astolat Press, n.d. Textual note at end, "Limnerslease October 1904". Stated 'Second Edition'. Appears to have been published concurrently with the opening of the chapel. With 8 full page photogravures, from the Chapel, "printed from negatives by George Andrews"; "with illustrations (of the patterns) from pen drawings by Louis R. Deuchars and Mary Watts". Elegant armorial bookplate of Sir Chas. E. H. Chadwyck Healey, an antiquary who held a number of military and honorary posts in the government of 'His Royal Majesty'. Occasional light foxing, does not affect plates. Slim quarto. Delicate mauve linen with title and emblem printed in brown ink. Spine cloth slightly wrinkled else good. "A fusion of Arts & Crafts and Celtic influences, the Watts-CompChapel?s extraordinary design was created by the designer and ceramicist, Mary Watts, second wife of the great Victorian artist, GF Watts. Watts Chapel is a key element of Watts Gallery Artists? Village, a unique Arts & Crafts village founded by GF and Mary Watts with the opening of Watts Gallery in 1904.Watts Chapel was created by Mary Watts and villagers from the local community of Compton, whom she taught to model terracotta clay into the beautiful and symbolic patterns seen on the chapel walls. The Watts presented the chapel as their gift to the village of Compton, and it remains a working village parish chapel to this day". (From the Chapel's site). Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping.