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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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Necklace, Tortoise-Shell: y. S. Adams &> Co. such a height as not to be offensive to the eyes of the guests at table, weshall have the perfection of light in our dining-room. Tortoise-shell is a material so beautiful in itself, and in some respects soeasily worked, that in spite of its fragile nature and the loss which manufac-turers undergo from breakage in the process of working, it has been found soprofitable as to insure for it a permanent place in our jewelry shops. Theplay of light upon such a necklace as that represented in our engraving, fromthe establishment of Messrs. J. S. Adams & Company, Providence, RhodeIsland, is really enchanting. The eye loses itself in the soft depths of the INDUSTRIAL ART. 37 shell. The pattern is simple, but very pretty, and the pendant shows to greatperfection the beauty of the material. As jewelry for the morning, to wear
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Mirror: Herr Lobmeyr, Vienna. against a simple house-dress or a walking-suit, there is nothing so serviceable.It is easy to put on, beautiful to see, contrasts well with dress of any color,and is comparatively inexpensive. An artistic design is nowhere more exquisitelyeffective than in tortoise-shell. 38 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. It is a curious fact that for many centuries before glass was made intoplates, or thin slabs with flat surfaces, it was blown and turned and twistedinto the most delicate and artistic shapes, such as bowls, goblets and vesselsof all sorts for holding liquids, and some of the more ancient specimens ofthis art—things fragile and as intricately interwoven as a spiders web—pre-served uninjured through the ages that have witnessed the overthrow anddestruction of the cities where they were made, are now to be found treasuredin our museums, the wonder and despair of the glass factor of to-day. But could an ancient Phoenician, say one of those who, by a

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