Examples of household taste . as these would be hung, for unless it was one equally rich in its details, any-thing so elaborate as these hangings would be out of place. The great advance that has been made in artistic metal-working in this 252 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITI0N, 1876. country within late years was excellently well illustrated by the various displaysmade by the several exhibitors in the section of the United States department. Porcelain Vase: French Court. in the Main Building devoted to this branch of industry. Our illustration onpage 246 represents a Bronze Sanctuary Lamp, manufact
Examples of household taste . as these would be hung, for unless it was one equally rich in its details, any-thing so elaborate as these hangings would be out of place. The great advance that has been made in artistic metal-working in this 252 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITI0N, 1876. country within late years was excellently well illustrated by the various displaysmade by the several exhibitors in the section of the United States department. Porcelain Vase: French Court. in the Main Building devoted to this branch of industry. Our illustration onpage 246 represents a Bronze Sanctuary Lamp, manufactured by Mitchell,Vance & Co., of New York, whose department was particularly rich in art- INDUSTRIAL ART. 253 work of a high orderof excellence. Thegraceful character ofthe design in this ex-ample is well shownin our engraving. Byan ingenious piece ofmechanism the lampcan be raised or low-ered any desired dis-tance, where it is heldin position by bal-ancing-weights. Incontrivances such asthis, ingenious devicesfor economizing labor,any one who hasstudied the handicraftof foreign nations andour own must admitthat we are pre-emi-nent. In art-know-ledge, that can onlybecome general whenwe have a systema-tized art-instructionwith abundance ofgood examples tostudy from, we arestill woefully deficient,but we are convincedthat, with the means of study supplied, our workmen will avail themselves of the opportunity witha quickness an
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