Examples of household taste . vings onpages 160 and 161. In this superb work can be seen an illustration of all themore notable branches of the Messrs. Elkingtons art manufacture. The shaftis richly damascened in gold and silver. The medallions at the centre containgroups of arms, trophies, etc., in re/>ousse-xvork. The brackets are enameled inpurple and green on a cream-colored enamel ground. The female busts ter-minating the standards at the sides are heavily gilt, as also are the feet andmasks at the base. The top of the table, shown in section in our second illustration, is amarvel of w
Examples of household taste . vings onpages 160 and 161. In this superb work can be seen an illustration of all themore notable branches of the Messrs. Elkingtons art manufacture. The shaftis richly damascened in gold and silver. The medallions at the centre containgroups of arms, trophies, etc., in re/>ousse-xvork. The brackets are enameled inpurple and green on a cream-colored enamel ground. The female busts ter-minating the standards at the sides are heavily gilt, as also are the feet andmasks at the base. The top of the table, shown in section in our second illustration, is amarvel of workmanship. Each square of the board is a fine piece of enameling, INDUSTRIAL ART. J59 around which is a border of niello-work. Outside of this again are panelswith elaborate patterns worked out in a gold tracery, and the interstices filledin with brilliant enamel colors of vivid hues. In the corners of the table-topare medallions containing heads of kings and queens and knights, executedwith the finish of miniature Majolica Vase: Daniell 6 Sons, London The chess-men, of silver and gold-gilt, are, in the quality of the workman-ship, equal to the table, and they are after a pattern harmonizing with it ingeneral design. The beauty of this is well shown by our engraving. It isgraceful, light and perfectly proportioned. Each part harmonizes with theothers, producing an effect at once pleasing and satisfying to the eye. One of the loveliest objects in the display of Susse Freres, in the FrenchCourt, is the small silver-gilt bronze statue of Phryne, engraved on page 163. i6o THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. The figure is not more than eighteen inches high, but it is modeled with suchperfect skill and finished in so workmanlike a manner as to claim at the figure—posed perhaps as when accused of atheism, Hyperidessecured her liberty by revealing her charms to the gaze of the judges—we
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