Paris herself again in 1878-9 . t andirons of polished brass in the Jacobeanstyle. This is simply one of many similar objects exhibited by thefirm whose most important display is to be found in the highlyornamental wrought and cast iron pavilion which forms so markeda feature of the British section. This pavilion, intended for erec-tion on a lawn, or in the ornamental grounds of a mansion, is asplendid specimen of decorated iron-work ; and the combined re-dundancy, gracefulness, and delicacy of its details—in which theinfluence of the prevailing Japanese style is decidedly apparent—attest alik
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . t andirons of polished brass in the Jacobeanstyle. This is simply one of many similar objects exhibited by thefirm whose most important display is to be found in the highlyornamental wrought and cast iron pavilion which forms so markeda feature of the British section. This pavilion, intended for erec-tion on a lawn, or in the ornamental grounds of a mansion, is asplendid specimen of decorated iron-work ; and the combined re-dundancy, gracefulness, and delicacy of its details—in which theinfluence of the prevailing Japanese style is decidedly apparent—attest alike the elegant fancy and the artistic taste of Mr. Jeckyll, itsdesigner. Birds and flowers form the leading features of its ornamen-tation; and the larks and swallows, jays, cranes, and pheasants,sporting among the apple-blossoms, the clusters of flowering white-thorn, and the fir-branches that gracefully decorate the spandrils ofthe brackets, are rendered with equal truth and spirit. An im- Ur AND DOWN IX THE EXHIBITION. 43. wbought-lron gates manufactured fob the argentine republic(designed by alfred barnard). portant feature of this pavilion is the railing surrounding it. Thepalace of the sovereigns of the fabled El Dorado was encircled bya palisade of maize-plants, ten feet high, modelled in solid gold; u PARIS HERSELF AGAIN. and in like manner Messrs. Barnard have enclosed their pavilionwith a bold tlnd tasteful sunflower railing, a perfect masterpieceof workmanship, which, although merely of wrought iron, is never-theless remarkably handsome, and has a singularly striking andsatisfactory effect. So perfect and graceful are the details of pavilion that I am not surprised to learn that some of themost beautiful portions of it have been purchased by the authoritiesof the South Kensington Museum, to serve as representative typesof artistic wrought and cast iron work of the nineteenth this pavilion Messrs. Barnard, Bishop, & Bernards exhibita numb
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