. British Furniture
SIR.—Your paper's rather sweeping criticism of the" furniture at the Earls Court exhibition does less than justice to the industry. While we admit that then is a great deal in it which is thoroughly bad design. none of it is worse than, or even as bad as, most of the furniture produced in, for example, France and Holland. So why should a foreigner be shocked ?
It is obvious that your correspondent, S.B., is quite unaware of the fact that probably some of the best contemporary furniture is made in Scotland, and no other manufacturers in any part of the United Kingdom have done more as a body to encourage good and exciting new designs. While we have the greatest admiration and respect for Gordon Russell and Hillos, if S.B. had searched the exhibition a little more, he would have found that they are certainly not alone in contributing to good furniture-design.—Yours faithfully, HENRY R. OWEN. Assistant Editor. The Cabinet Maker and Complete House Furnisher."
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