The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . llow-made sprigswhich gave the Honitonfabrics so great a reputa-tion. The lace known asPoint dAngleterre wasnever made in England,but always in Brussels. Itsname is owing to the factthat it used to be smuggledinto England in immensequantities, and boldly soldby English merchants inopen market as a lace otnative manuiacture. It must have been grati-fying to every one visitingthe Centennial, who wasinterested in the welfareand progress of this coun-try, to observe how manychoice and beautiful ob-jects of art of foreign man-
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . llow-made sprigswhich gave the Honitonfabrics so great a reputa-tion. The lace known asPoint dAngleterre wasnever made in England,but always in Brussels. Itsname is owing to the factthat it used to be smuggledinto England in immensequantities, and boldly soldby English merchants inopen market as a lace otnative manuiacture. It must have been grati-fying to every one visitingthe Centennial, who wasinterested in the welfareand progress of this coun-try, to observe how manychoice and beautiful ob-jects of art of foreign man-ufacture were purchased byAmericans. These thingsremain with us permanent-ly, and their benefit to thecommunity in culti-vating a correct tasteand a higher stand-ard of excellence inart is simply incalcu-lable. 186 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. It was curious to note the astonishment and dismay of certain foreignexhibitors, who, claiming to have consulted the American taste in preparingtheir display, had sent over gaudy and otherwise inferior wares. These gende-.
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