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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arbranch of the silversmiths trade. As repousse-worV is now so fashionable thatnearly all the large manufacturers of plate in Europe and this country areproducing it, our readers will be interested in contrasting the work of thevarious nations which we illustrate. In this way those who are directlyinterested in the process will gain valuable ideas, and those who simply takean interest in industrial art products generally, will be able to form an intel-ligent idea of whatever characteristics are distinctly national. INDUSTRIAL ART. 117 The Pair of Vases illustrated on this page are the chefs cToeuvre of therich display of artistic pottery and porcelain made by the Messrs. Daniell &Sons, of London. Their stall, which faces on the central transept close to thenave of the Main Building, contains one of the most interesting and variedcollections of the choicest productions of noted English potters anywhere to beseen; yet even here among the numerous triumphs of ceramic art, these vases
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Vases: Daniell & Sorts, London. From the collection of S:r Richard Wallace. are quite incomparably the most beautiful and precious. We shall endeavorto give the reader an idea of the appearance of these remarkable works ofart, as far as words can do it; but we urge all who would have a realizingsense of their beauty to take an opportunity of viewing for themselves. The vases are of porcelain, standing about two feet high, and are deco-rated around the zone with figures painted or modelled in pdte-sur-pdte.We shall have something to say of this process after having finished the n8 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. description of the pieces. The number of colors and shades used in thedecoration is numerous, but the principal body-color on which the figures arepainted is a dark olive-green. Gold has been introduced in places to heightenthe general effect. Below the curved lip of each vase, which is gilded, is a space extendingto the gold band at the junction of the handles with the

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