The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Caiiiiet: Cooper d- Holl, London. 4IO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. their natural state no artist, however skillful, could have wrought these beautifuldesigns. Nor is this knowledge all that is required to make the lace pattern,for in the border we see graceful curves interwoven with delicate geometric. Faun, in Terra-cotta : Andrea Boni, Milan, figures and these again succeeded by an edging of flowers and leaves conventionalized to make an even and regular finish to the whole piece. From the collective exhibit of B
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Caiiiiet: Cooper d- Holl, London. 4IO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. their natural state no artist, however skillful, could have wrought these beautifuldesigns. Nor is this knowledge all that is required to make the lace pattern,for in the border we see graceful curves interwoven with delicate geometric. Faun, in Terra-cotta : Andrea Boni, Milan, figures and these again succeeded by an edging of flowers and leaves conventionalized to make an even and regular finish to the whole piece. From the collective exhibit of Belgium we take for illustration theEmbroidered Stole, engraved on page 406. It is an astonishing piece of INDUSTRIAL ART. 411 needlework, such as is rarely wrought now-a-days, akhough in ancient timeswhen art was still religion examples of equal richness and elaboratenesswere common enough. Each one ot the six medallions, seen in the ilkistration,has been wrought in colored silks, stitch by stich, after a colored design with whichthe workers were provided. To give to the finished work the delicacy ofexpression, the soft gradations of color, in short, the picture-like effect of thepattern, requires a skill and nicety of execution only attainable after long practice. The artistic Book-binding of France, forwhich that nation haslong been famous, waswell represented at theCent
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