The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Thev are evidendy designed to beplaced at the carriage-entrance to some park or gendemans estate, for theyare suggestive of luxury and elegance within. In all the exhibit of Englishwroueht-iron work—and it was one of the best features of the English Court— 172 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, iSj6. there were few examples which were comparable with these gates, either forartistical design or skillful workmanship. From the Netherland department we have selected for illustration, on page176, one of the superb carpets which wer
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Thev are evidendy designed to beplaced at the carriage-entrance to some park or gendemans estate, for theyare suggestive of luxury and elegance within. In all the exhibit of Englishwroueht-iron work—and it was one of the best features of the English Court— 172 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, iSj6. there were few examples which were comparable with these gates, either forartistical design or skillful workmanship. From the Netherland department we have selected for illustration, on page176, one of the superb carpets which were there exhibited. In elaboratenessof design this fine piece of work suggests the even patterns for which the Netherlands areso famous. Theborder is com-posed of flowersand garlands, dis-posed in a sym-metrical same generaldesijrn obtains inthe portion of thecarpet within theborder, but herethe arrangementis more colors arenumerous of lighttints. Large me-dallions, withflower patternson a much dark-er and richerground, are dis-. IISSIwJlSllfflllHPIIllWllfflllllllltlllliyill!Vase, in Bronze: Court. posed at intervalsover the of theseare joined to thestripe which sep-arates the borderfrom the rest ofthe carpet, whichstripe is orna-mented with adiaper patternthat is one of theprettiest featuresin the design. The most elab-orate piece ofwork in the ex-hibit of the RoyalSchool of ArtNeedlework wasthe complete setof room-hangingsdesigned by the well-known artist, Mr. Walter Crane, and executed by the ladies of that insti-tution. This forms the subject of our illustration on page 177. The materialof the frieze and vallance for the portiere is white sateen, on which the designsare embroidered in subdued shades of brown and green. The frieze containsfour arched niches separated by columns. In the niches are four female figuresemblematic of the arts—Poetry, Sculpture, Painting, and Music. Below these INDUSTRIAL ART. 1/3 is a
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