The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Glass Plaque: M. Lobmeyr, Vienna, vals, and connected together by a running vine, woven in and out between theother figures. From the display of artistic pottery, bronzes, fancy furniture, etc., madeby M. Jules Houry, of Paris, we select the group of objects illustrated onpage 378. M. Houry, beside being a manufacturer, is also an agent for objetsdart and faiitaisie, and his stall therefore contained a collection of ornamentsand articles of furniture of the most varied description. M. Houry, however,makes a specialty of p


The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Glass Plaque: M. Lobmeyr, Vienna, vals, and connected together by a running vine, woven in and out between theother figures. From the display of artistic pottery, bronzes, fancy furniture, etc., madeby M. Jules Houry, of Paris, we select the group of objects illustrated onpage 378. M. Houry, beside being a manufacturer, is also an agent for objetsdart and faiitaisie, and his stall therefore contained a collection of ornamentsand articles of furniture of the most varied description. M. Houry, however,makes a specialty of porcelain plaques of a novel description, for mounting inetageres, jardinieres, etc. These plaques have figures and arabesque patternsmodeled in very low relief, over which a transparent blue glaze is floated before INDUSTRIAL ART. 38=. Ortinmeiil,}/ Tile Ahiitlepieci: Million, Hnllis i^ Co., London. 386 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i8j6. the second firing. The effect is to produce an even surface, under which theornamentation is seen in shades ot color varying with the thicl<ness of theglaze. An example of this kind in the group before us is the oblong plaquewith rabbits, grotesquely shaped birds and scrolls. Below this plaque is a jardiniere, made of faience, with masks and fancifulfigures painted upon the surface in colors, mostly green, blue, brown, and yellow,like in the faience of Gien. The remaining objects in the group are bronzes, executed with that deli-


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