Examples of household taste . ion ofwhat is in a book bythe design upon thecover, but the desireto do this, and furtherto attract to the con-tents by making theoutside attractive, hasintroduced some mostmeretricious notionsinto bookbinding- es-tablishments. It is bad enough to see a Book of Common Prayer with a looking-glass bound intoone of its sides, but this is not as bad, in an artistic and workmanlike sense,as to see a tiny volume for the pocket hinged and bossed like the portlymediaeval tomes whose weight and rich carving required these protections. On pages 326 and 327 we have engraved
Examples of household taste . ion ofwhat is in a book bythe design upon thecover, but the desireto do this, and furtherto attract to the con-tents by making theoutside attractive, hasintroduced some mostmeretricious notionsinto bookbinding- es-tablishments. It is bad enough to see a Book of Common Prayer with a looking-glass bound intoone of its sides, but this is not as bad, in an artistic and workmanlike sense,as to see a tiny volume for the pocket hinged and bossed like the portlymediaeval tomes whose weight and rich carving required these protections. On pages 326 and 327 we have engraved examples of the Jewelry INDUSTRIAL ART. 325 manufactured by Bellezza, of Rome. The first is a graceful, thread-like orna-ment, a web in which jewels are caught, like dewdrops in the net of the every movement the delicate gold filaments binding the jewels are set inmotion, and the gems dance and dazzle in the light. Observe, too, how inge-niously the artist has contrived to harmonize the lines of his design, making. Example of Artistic Book-binduig : M. Lortic, Paris. them all circle about one central ornament, which contains the largest and mostbrilliant gem of all. His task was to display to the greatest advantage anumber of jewels. Neither gold nor enamel-work nor ornamental-work of anykind was to interfere with this primary object; and as the play of light on thesurface of a jewel adds to its attractiveness, it was necessary to set them sothat they should be sensitive to any, the least motion. See how this has been 326 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. accomplished. From the bar of gold- forming the circlet of the necklace theyare suspended by threads of gold, with dainty gold leaflets between each pairof jewels. In the centre of the bar is a rosette of delicate workmanship andsome elaborateness, from which are pendant the chief jewel and its encirclingbands. The second of these bands, which is the longer, is made to resemble thespray of some delicate plant. A
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