Wikimedia Commons

File:Examples of household taste (1875) (14759260036).jpg

Original file ‎(1,354 × 2,676 pixels, file size: 535 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

edit
Description
English:

Identifier: examplesofhouseh00smit (find matches)
Title: Examples of household taste
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Decorative arts
Publisher: New York, R. Worthington
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
The Amazon Vase: Doulton &* Co. convey an adequate idea of its fine workmanship and artistic designing. Tostate that the art labor alone bestowed upon it cost thirty thousand dollars in gold,is but to give the figures representing the commercial value of an expressionof genius which cannot be bought, but comes to man as a gift. INDUSTRIAL ART. 139 The section of a Carved Panel, by L. Frullini, of Florence, that we engraveon page 136, is a piece of work worthy of the ancient wood-carvers of Italy.
Text Appearing After Image:
Carved Pidpit: J. A. 6° //. Goycrs, Louvain, Belgium. The material is a soft, white wood, resembling deal—though of a much finergrain—and admirably adapted to work of this kind. The panel is about a foot 140 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. wide and eight feet high, the upper portion—not shown in the illustration—being simply a combination of the same general design seen here. This, thereader will observe, is a group of ferns and twining plants in flower, risingfrom an antique vase in graceful convolutions and intermingling of tendrils.Birds, animals and reptiles are disposed here and there, with a charming irregu-larity that makes the discovery of them a study. The carving is in very highrelief, with a great deal of skilful undercutting; the figures, in some instances,being quite detached from the background. The average relief of the work isabout six inches, though, in many places, this measurement is exceeded. Itis difficult to decide between the animals and plants as t

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14759260036/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:examplesofhouseh00smit
  • bookyear:1875
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Smith__Walter__1836_1886
  • bookauthor:Smith__Walter__1836_1886__Industrial_art_of_the_International_Exhibition
  • booksubject:Centennial_Exhibition__1876___Philadelphia__Pa__
  • booksubject:Decorative_arts
  • bookpublisher:New_York__R__Worthington
  • bookcontributor:Sterling_and_Francine_Clark_Art_Institute_Library
  • booksponsor:Sterling_and_Francine_Clark_Art_Institute_Library
  • bookleafnumber:154
  • bookcollection:clarkartinstitutelibrary
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



Licensing

edit
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14759260036. It was reviewed on 24 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

24 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:11, 24 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:11, 24 September 20151,354 × 2,676 (535 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': examplesofhouseh00smit ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fexamplesofhouseh00smit%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Examples_of_household_taste_(1875)_(14759260036).jpg&oldid=888046341"