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

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xamples of color shown by M. Lobmeyr. Hisenamels were particularly brilliant, and his iridescent glass radiates from itssurface all the colors of the rainbow. Wonderful skill was also shown in theexquisite designs either engraved by the wheel or eaten in with acid. Someof these engravings were on glass so thin that the marvel was how it resisted thepressure necessary to chase the surface. Another variety was gorgeous inenamels and gilding and embossed surfaces, and it is from this class that wehave selected the two pieces, a Vase and an Epergne, illustrated on page 441. 446 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. They are re-splendent inthe rich rubycolor spokenof above, andas ornamentsto a drawing-room or din-ner-table couldhardly be sur-passed in ef-fectiveness. On page 442we en crave anexample ofFurnitureSilk,from Sax-ony, selectedfrom the Col-lective Exhibitof textilesmade by thatnation at theCentennial—acollection, bythe way, inevery respectcreditable, andparticularlyevidencing the
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Lace Curtain : Heyman &* Alexander, Nottingham. the Saxon arti-sans. The spe-cimen shown inour illustrationtreats a well-known methodof design withvigor andgrace, and inthe blending-of color, whichcannot beshown in anengraving, amost harmoni-ous effect hasbeen obtained.The Cut-Glass Decan-ter, illustratedon page 443, isselected fromthe fine exhibitof glasswaremade by JamesMillar & Co.,of Edinburgh,in the EnglishCourt at theCen ten nial.Scotch glass is artistic skill of famous for its quality, and Scotch crystal glass especially has great clearness andbrilliancy. The engraving with which it is decorated heightens this effect bycontrast with the clear portions of the surface, and the angles produced by INDUSTRIAL ART 447 cutting increase the brilliancy. The form of the Decanter illustrated is particu-larly graceful and well proportioned.

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