Examples of household taste . Lace Curtain : Heyman &* Alexander, Nottingham. the Saxon arti-sans. The spe-cimen shown inour illustrationtreats a well-known methodof design withvigor andgrace, and inthe blending-of color, whichcannot beshown in anengraving, amost harmoni-ous effect hasbeen Cut-Glass Decan-ter, illustratedon page 443, isselected fromthe fine exhibitof glasswaremade by JamesMillar & Co.,of Edinburgh,in the EnglishCourt at theCen ten glass is artistic skill of famous for its quality, and Scotch crystal glass especially has great clearness andbrilliancy. T
Examples of household taste . Lace Curtain : Heyman &* Alexander, Nottingham. the Saxon arti-sans. The spe-cimen shown inour illustrationtreats a well-known methodof design withvigor andgrace, and inthe blending-of color, whichcannot beshown in anengraving, amost harmoni-ous effect hasbeen Cut-Glass Decan-ter, illustratedon page 443, isselected fromthe fine exhibitof glasswaremade by JamesMillar & Co.,of Edinburgh,in the EnglishCourt at theCen ten glass is artistic skill of famous for its quality, and Scotch crystal glass especially has great clearness andbrilliancy. The engraving with which it is decorated heightens this effect bycontrast with the clear portions of the surface, and the angles produced by INDUSTRIAL ART 447 cutting increase the brilliancy. The form of the Decanter illustrated is particu-larly graceful and well If any one desired a practical illustration of the results of industrial-arteducation in England, they had it in full measure at the Centennial Exhibition. 448 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. In the Paris Exposition England surprised the world by coming suddenly tothe fore among the nations of Europe with her exhibit of decorative and orna-mental workmanship, and again at Vienna she won renown; but her bestachievements in these lines, taking the exhibit as a whole, were seen at theCentennial. Our pages have already been enriched with illustrations of thetriumphs of English manufactures in artistic pottery, glass, metal-work, textiles,paper-hangings, and furniture^ all traceable directly or indirectly to the influence
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