The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . bject of furnishing. Here we get glimpses of the surround-ings of the classes who set the fashions, such as could be had in no otherway. We look into the most private apartments, the boudoirs and bed-chambers,which are so artfully arranged as to suggest occupancy. Bric-a-brac and knick-knacks are disposed about in studied carelessness so as to make the effect asnatural as possible. No more common error is made in these times than the habit of blamingthe paper-hanger, the upholsterer and furniture-maker, each and all, for
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . bject of furnishing. Here we get glimpses of the surround-ings of the classes who set the fashions, such as could be had in no otherway. We look into the most private apartments, the boudoirs and bed-chambers,which are so artfully arranged as to suggest occupancy. Bric-a-brac and knick-knacks are disposed about in studied carelessness so as to make the effect asnatural as possible. No more common error is made in these times than the habit of blamingthe paper-hanger, the upholsterer and furniture-maker, each and all, for theill effect of a room which we have furnished ourselves. One often seespaper, hangings and furniture, which in themselves are beautiful, so badlygrouped by the ill taste of the owner as to make each appear ugly. Thereis no opportunity for fair judgment of the merit of a dealers taste and skill INDUSTRIAL ART. 123 unless everything is grouped according to his judgment; and no one can studythe elegant and rich effects produced in the sections we are discussing without. Necklace and Ear-rings; Egyptian Government.
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