The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . —leaning gentlyupon the vase, w^ithher right handhanging idly besideher; in her lefthand holding abook open at apassage which sheis reading with ab-sorbed male figureappears to be thatof a priest or scribe,as his feet and headwork of Frullini, of , close-grained wood, and mayBoth the outer and inner edge are bare, and hecarries an ink-hornin his orirdle. Hestands resting hishand on a vase insomewhat the sameattitude as thewoman, and thetwo fiofures makean excellent groupor pair. Prettieror more
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . —leaning gentlyupon the vase, w^ithher right handhanging idly besideher; in her lefthand holding abook open at apassage which sheis reading with ab-sorbed male figureappears to be thatof a priest or scribe,as his feet and headwork of Frullini, of , close-grained wood, and mayBoth the outer and inner edge are bare, and hecarries an ink-hornin his orirdle. Hestands resting hishand on a vase insomewhat the sameattitude as thewoman, and thetwo fiofures makean excellent groupor pair. Prettieror more interestingornaments thanthese to a mantel-shelf or whatnotcould hardly be de-sired, and they pos-sess an additionalvalue to us as beingcorrect copies ofthe costume wornby the wonderfulpeople who fashionthese things. We have alreadyillustrated severalexamples of wood-carvins: bv Italianartists, and on page292 we give an-other specimen, theIt is a Mirror-Frame, executed in some be regarded as a study in the classical style. of the frame have a beviled surface, orna-. L^!m/> : iK-rmrn \Nr! INDUSTRIAL ART. 295 merited with an incised pattern cut in low relief. The upper flat surface isdivided into panels by raised mouldings, and to the ornamentation of these ? panels the artisthas given hiscareful design ofeach is different,though a per-fect balance andh a r m o n y hasbeen preservedthrouohout. Inthe four cornersare groups sym-bolic of War,Peace and theArts, each one aa pretty study initself. In thehorizontal panelsabove and be-low are gracefulscrolls startingfrom a commoncentre and wind-inof off to the right and left in
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