The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ce and en-ergy of such establish-ments as the one fromwhich this example is li Lampidiare; Suae Bros, Paris. taken that she owes herprecedence. In Paris, which, asfar as art products go,is France—in Paris theworkman possessed ofartistic taste or inspira-tion has unsurpassedand perhaps unequaledfacilities afforded himfor the study of designfrom the very bestmodels. On Sunday,which is the working-mans holiday, the visitorto the great metropoliswill find all the superbgalleries and museumsthronged with crowdsof cleanly, orde
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ce and en-ergy of such establish-ments as the one fromwhich this example is li Lampidiare; Suae Bros, Paris. taken that she owes herprecedence. In Paris, which, asfar as art products go,is France—in Paris theworkman possessed ofartistic taste or inspira-tion has unsurpassedand perhaps unequaledfacilities afforded himfor the study of designfrom the very bestmodels. On Sunday,which is the working-mans holiday, the visitorto the great metropoliswill find all the superbgalleries and museumsthronged with crowdsof cleanly, orderly arti-zans of both people have paidno entrance-fee to gainaccess to the treasuresabout them. The doorsare open to one andall irrespective of class,and the only exactionis an orderly and deco-rous behavior. Visiting any one ofthese museums on aSunday, it is curious toobserve what keen and INDUSTRIAL ART. \o\ intellio-ent critics these artisans are. Especially in subjects with which theiroccupation makes them acquainted, is their judgment it any. wonder, then,that these men,eoino^ back totheir work atthe beginningof the week,take with theminto the shopsand manufac-tories an art-feeling, foster-ed and encour-aged by thesplendid ex-amples theyhave expres-sion in thework they af-terward pro-duce? No:when wethink of thisfact, the reasonwhy Frenchworkmen ex-ceed all othersas art-workers (lowers. Light chains fastened to the socket-ring dependof the standard, and remove the appearance of thinness to Marble Font: Stru/hcrs &= Sons, PhiladclJ/iia. becomes evi-dent. Look at thisLamp as aspecimen ofFrench how per-fectly plainand simple itis, and yetwhat eleganceand grace ofproportion itbears! A thin,lluted stand-ard supportedon curved legstfrminates ina broad capi-tal, on whichrests a wingedgriffin. Abovethis figure is arest or socket,in which standsthe body ofthe lamp, alovely ampho-ra draped withearlands ofnearly to the basethat p
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