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ART:MASTER’S COMMENT “I know I shall be getting into hot water, but candidly some of the things you offer in the shops here for tourists are utter nonsense with the most horrible design,” was a frank comment made by Mr. A. C. Hipwell, art master at King’s College, when lecturing on trends in modern art at the exhibition in Rotorua. Mr. Hipwell was referring to the attention now paid to design and simple masses in comparison to the florid ornamentation of Victorian days. While castigating the Victorian modes, he admitted that many silly things were done at present by extending the idea of streamlining to objects such as pianos ancl electric irons, where it was quite foreign, “i take my hat off to the woman who irons so far that the iron needs to be streamlined.” he added.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20384, 22 October 1940, Page 12
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140STREAMLINED IRONS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20384, 22 October 1940, Page 12
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