Examples of household taste . he surface. The several pieces of plain colored glass are then puttogether on the cartoon, and the design traced upon them with a vitrifiablesubstance that becomes dark when heated in the oven. The shadows are paintedin the same way, and then all the pieces are joined together by strips ofgrooved lead fitted around the edges of each piece. In some designs the glassis cut into geometric figures independent of the design, but the manner most INDUSTRIAL ART. 363 generally preferred is that above described, where the lead-joints and the out-lines of the design harmoni
Examples of household taste . he surface. The several pieces of plain colored glass are then puttogether on the cartoon, and the design traced upon them with a vitrifiablesubstance that becomes dark when heated in the oven. The shadows are paintedin the same way, and then all the pieces are joined together by strips ofgrooved lead fitted around the edges of each piece. In some designs the glassis cut into geometric figures independent of the design, but the manner most INDUSTRIAL ART. 363 generally preferred is that above described, where the lead-joints and the out-lines of the design harmonize as much as possible. On page 360 we engrave a couple of Cairngorm Brooches, from a col-lection of objects of the same character exhibited in the English Court. Theseunique and pleasing ornaments are made from Scotch pebbles, carved andchased in the manner seen in our illustration, and mounted in silver. Theyare made in a variety of shapes, but the style and the character of the orna-mentation plainly suggests their « Shawl: French Collective Exhibit. The wood-carving of Italy, famous in olden times as among the mostbeautiful examples of the art, is again attracting the attention of every oneinterested in the subject by the earnest efforts on the part of several Italianartists of note to revive the taste of the people in this regard, and to stimu-late native talent to bring back to their country its ancient renown. The ItalianCourt at the Centennial Exhibition contained numerous examples of modernwood-carving, some in imitation of the style of the Renaissance, others fashionedafter more ancient models, and more exemplifying the originality of the artist Pa THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. untrammeled by the methods of any particular school. Our readers are alreadyfamiliar with several of the most noteworthy of these works, which have beenillustrated and described at length in these pages, from which an excellent ideaof the progress already made in the directio
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