The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ngraved on page 476, which was manufactured by & Mansfield, of London. This firm made an extensive exhibit offurniture of various kinds; a specialty of their work, however, being objects inthis and so-called Easdake styles. The notable feature in this table is the 472 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. inlaying of black and colored woods, called Marquetry. The medallions in thepanels of the lower drawers are executed with considerable skill, and thegeneral effect is highly artistic. Our engravino- on page 4
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ngraved on page 476, which was manufactured by & Mansfield, of London. This firm made an extensive exhibit offurniture of various kinds; a specialty of their work, however, being objects inthis and so-called Easdake styles. The notable feature in this table is the 472 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. inlaying of black and colored woods, called Marquetry. The medallions in thepanels of the lower drawers are executed with considerable skill, and thegeneral effect is highly artistic. Our engravino- on page 477 illustrates Egyptian Vases and other arti-cles mostly exhibited by the National Museum and The Bazaar, at group contains several styles and varieties of vessels copied after old Egyptian pat-terns, in sun-dried and bakedclay, with colorand incised dec-orations. Someof the decora-tions are in Per-sian style andvery pipe, of char-acteristic Turk-ish shape, isadded to thegroup, and alsoone of the beau-tiful bronzehanging lampswhich are in use. Bronze: Elkiiigton, London. in the mosquesof Egypt. The exhibitof artistic anddecorative pot-tery from theMinton, Wor-cester and Coal-brookdale pot-teries made bytheir agents, theMessrs. A. ,OF London, atthe Centennial,\jyWs. measurablysupplied theplace of sepa-rate exhibits bv those famous factories, and brought together within the limits of their cases acollection ot ceramic wares unsurpassed in variety and beauty by any otherexhibitor or agent in the English or any other Court. We have already givenour readers illustrations of many of the c/ic/s dceuvre of this fine collection,but the number is by no means exhausted. On page 478 we engrave a FruitStand, one of the decorative pieces in majolica, made by Minton to the orderof the Messrs. Daniell. This piece is remarkable for its vigorous and artisticmodeling, and is especially commendable for the beauty of its colors, whichindicate a conquest of great t
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