The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ave beenlost for hundredsof years. Nowhere elsein the world hasthe art of com-binino- jj-orueouscolor and brilliantdesign been car-ried to such per-tection as in theOrient. The text-iles of India, fa-mous as far back as history or even tradition can go, have always been the wonder ofthe world, and it is only of late years that the discoveries of science andthe application of mechanical means have been able measurably to imitatethe marvelous products of the Eastern loom. On page 217 we give anillustration of one of the bes
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ave beenlost for hundredsof years. Nowhere elsein the world hasthe art of com-binino- jj-orueouscolor and brilliantdesign been car-ried to such per-tection as in theOrient. The text-iles of India, fa-mous as far back as history or even tradition can go, have always been the wonder ofthe world, and it is only of late years that the discoveries of science andthe application of mechanical means have been able measurably to imitatethe marvelous products of the Eastern loom. On page 217 we give anillustration of one of the best of these imitations. Every lady will recog- We cannot hopeto convey to thereader any ade-quate idea of thebrilliancy and rich-ness of the color-ing in the groupof ornamentalGlass-ware whichwe have engravedon page 216. Thepieces are from thefamous factory ofLoBMEVR, OF Vi-enna, and arecharacteristic ofthe wonderful pro-ductions of thatcity. Here is opal-escent glass, cutcrystal, glassblown to the thin-ness of paper, col-ored enamels andgold intertwinedtogether in the. Bronze Iase: Spanish Court. IXDUSTRTAL ART. 219 nize it at once as one of those objects dear to every womans heart—aCashmere Shawl. The pecuHar richness of the pattern in this example israther heightened than lessened by the combination of colors, that are not ofa gorgeous kind, but of warm tertiary and secondary shades and tints, morerestful and pleasing to the eye than is always the case in these fabrics. Thespecimen shown was made in , but only an expert could say with cer-taintv that it was not a veritable Cashmere. Our illustration on page 218 is taken from the metal-work display in theSpanish Court. It is a Bronze Vase, inlaid with silver and engraved withchasings in the manner peculiar to Moorish art. In its shape the vase has itscounterpart in vases made in Persia many centuries ago, and it is to Persiathat we trace the so-called Arabesque ornamentation and the decorative designsmade familiar to
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