The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . of which, by the way, is an admirableleaf is a frame of tiles decorated by Bent-Wood Furniture, from Vienna,ing-enuitv and construe-tive skill is shown inmaking the several arti-cles which, as is seenin our engraving onpage 420, are exceed-ingly light and gracefulappearing. Moreoverthe several pieces areastonishingly strong,andthe very elasticity of theparts enables them tobear an amount of roughusaoe that would break. Copies, in Bronze, of Antique Stntiitirv : Italian Court. really stronger furniture all to pieces. This
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . of which, by the way, is an admirableleaf is a frame of tiles decorated by Bent-Wood Furniture, from Vienna,ing-enuitv and construe-tive skill is shown inmaking the several arti-cles which, as is seenin our engraving onpage 420, are exceed-ingly light and gracefulappearing. Moreoverthe several pieces areastonishingly strong,andthe very elasticity of theparts enables them tobear an amount of roughusaoe that would break. Copies, in Bronze, of Antique Stntiitirv : Italian Court. really stronger furniture all to pieces. This furniture is especially adaptedto use in summer-houses, where its lightness and coolness make it agreeableto the eye and touch. If the Messrs. Elkington & Co., of Birmingham, England, had made no INDUSTRIAL ART. 423
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