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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

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Faience : Russian Court the green ware. This makes little cushions, which, when colored, give to thewhole an appearance suggestive of the squares of worsted on canvass-work.We engrave a number of specimens of this ware on this page, the group beingmade up from the display in the Russian Court. On page 274 we engrave an illustration of a very remarkable example ofwood-carving exhibited in the Italian Court. It is the work of Signor Luigi, afamous artist in this particular, and will be found well to repay careful exami-nation. It was a very bold conception thus to make a portion of a ruin,overgrown with clinging and climbing plants, the motif for a piece of furniture, yetthe artist has treated his theme with consummate skill. All the details havebeen carefully studied and are elaborately wrought, the evidence of a master-hand being visible in every mark of the chisel. Many of our readers will recognize with pleasure the subject of our illus- 274 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i876.
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Wood- Carving: Italian Court. INDUSTRIAL ART. 275 tration on page 276. It is the famous Bryant Vase presented to the honoredpoet by his friends and countrymen on the eightieth anniversary of his birthday.It is undoubtedly one of the most important pieces of artistic silver-work everproduced in this country. Both for its intrinsic excellence and the pleasantassociations surrounding it, it fitly occupied a central place of honor in theMain Building at the Centennial, and perhaps no single object in the wholeAmerican Court attracted more attention than this testimonial to WilliamCullen Bryant. The vase was designed by Mr. James H. Whitehouse, chief artist ofMessrs. Tiffany & Co., of New York, by whom it was made. We cannot dobetter than give the reader the artists own description of his work :— It is intended to symbolize Mr. Bryants life and character through themedium of a classic form, covered with ornamentation drawn from nature, andsuggested by his works. As in Mr. Bryants car

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