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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
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not, or presumably should not be, what we see reflectedfrom its surface. Certainly our present interest is in its beautiful surroundings.The grace and artistic merit of the design gilded on the panels of the siderails; the happy way in which the leaf and flower ornamentation of the cornerpanels is treated; the harmony of all the minor details to the severe simplicityof the whole—all of these are deserving of praise, and should gain for theworkmen and the artist places in the first rank with their comrades. The ideaof using the surface of the upper part of the mirror as a ground on whichto paint a picture is peculiarly charming—more especially for such a one asthis. Obviously, in such a position and on such a surface but one idea canbe conveyed suitably; that is, floating in the ain And this the artist hasdone most successfully. It is a lovely group, well conceived and capitally IND US TRIAL A R T. 39 drawn — the little cupid guiding the swan seeming, indeed, to be floatingalong.
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Door: Alien & Brother, Philadelphia. Our next engraving is of a kind to require but little description otherthan to call attention to its technical merits and to indicate the materials and 40 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. method of its construction. It represents a pair of large double doors, veryhighly polished, suitable for the entrance into a drawing-room, or into any ofthe more elaborate apartments of a mansion. It is an excellent specimen of

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  • bookyear:1875
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookauthor:Smith__Walter__1836_1886__Industrial_art_of_the_International_Exhibition
  • booksubject:Centennial_Exhibition__1876___Philadelphia__Pa__
  • booksubject:Decorative_arts
  • bookpublisher:New_York__R__Worthington
  • bookcontributor:Sterling_and_Francine_Clark_Art_Institute_Library
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  • bookleafnumber:54
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