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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Silver Plaque Elkington d^ Co., Birmingham, England. oraceful interweaving of vines, conventionalized figures obtained from the studyof the growth of plants, grotesque and natural rendering of birds and animals,and in one instance, a minutely exact copy of a famous ruin. Now, as anaddition to this group, we engrave on page 361 a Mirror-Frame, in whichthe artist has essayed the highest range of sculpture, the study of the humanfi £ lire. The Mirror-Frame consists of two parts—the ground-work for the orna- INDUSTRIAL ART. 365 mentation and the ornamentation itself. The ground-work or back consists ofan oval of plain, dark wood, about three feet in its longest diameter, sur-rounded on the outer and inner edges with a delicately carved raised mouldingof some light-colored wood. Poised upon the upper part of this moulding, andclambering up the sides of the frame, is a string of little winged cupids.
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Silver Plague: Elkington 6° Co., Birmingham, England. With clasped hands and dancing feet, these little fellows disport themselves,balancing on perilous places and in postures such as only winged cupids canventure. The garland of ribbon with which each little figure is provided floatsabout him in his play, giving emphasis to the airy lightness of the movementsof the party. There are nine of these figures, yet it would be difficult tochoose between them in point of merit; nor, where the general effect of thewhole group is so harmonious, so graceful and so charmingly balanced, would 366 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. it be worth while to institute a comparison between its several members. Atthe base of the frame is a female bust, the breast and shoulders draped, thehead upraised and crowned with a garland of flowers. Her hair, unconfined,sweeps back from her forehead in wavy masses, as if blown by the wind, andthe upturned face wears an expression of pleased attention, as if liste

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