Examples of household taste . e American housekeeper whether or not the time is registered onthe parlor clock, so long as its humbler prototype in the kitchen is correct;and the group before us is so handsome in itself that one might well desire itsimply for ornamental purposes. The body of the pieces is a fine black marble, enriched with gilt bronzeornaments; the vases being of rich copper-colored metal. The upright Ebony Piano illustrated on page 227 is from the exhibit madeby R. Ibach & Son, of Barmen, Germany, in the German Court at the Cen-tennial. The case is a splendid piece of rich car
Examples of household taste . e American housekeeper whether or not the time is registered onthe parlor clock, so long as its humbler prototype in the kitchen is correct;and the group before us is so handsome in itself that one might well desire itsimply for ornamental purposes. The body of the pieces is a fine black marble, enriched with gilt bronzeornaments; the vases being of rich copper-colored metal. The upright Ebony Piano illustrated on page 227 is from the exhibit madeby R. Ibach & Son, of Barmen, Germany, in the German Court at the Cen-tennial. The case is a splendid piece of rich carving, neither over-elaborated INDUSTRIAL ART. 227 nor too barren in detail for an object of this kind. The two lower panels areperfectly plain, with only a small beading around the frame. On the pedalpost is a group of musical instruments carved in low relief. On either side,however, and serving as supporters to the key-board, are winged griffins elabo-rately executed in the round, and forming the most striking feature of. Ebony Piano : R. Ibach &> Sjn, Barmen, Germany. this portion of the case. The upper portion, which is less concealed fromview, is much more highly finished. The pilasters and cornice have finelywrought designs of a Pompeian pattern covering all their surface, andthe central panel contains, beside, fine scroll-work, groups of loves and swansexecuted in relief. The side or end panels have frames of the same style 228 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. as those in the base, but they have, in addition, as ornaments, vigorouslycarved masks with rings. It is satisfactory to note here the prevalence of hand-work over machine-carving. The latter method has been the means of multiplying much that isgood in wood ornamentation, but it has also been the fertile source of muchmore that is meretricious and entirely bad. The multitude desire quantitywithout regard to quality, and a manufacturer with the aid of his machine saws
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