Examples of household taste . Earth Vessels : Turkish Court. all united in saying afterward that they found here a market for their very bestwares, that they found an educated, appreciative people, ready to pay liberallyfor works of art. The mistake which these dealers had made was a very natural one. Theyargued, and with some show of reason, that because we did not produce art-work of the highest character we had no market for it. They forgot that whileour artisans as a class had not the art educational facilities of their Europeanbrethren, that our wealthy classes were constantly abroad and
Examples of household taste . Earth Vessels : Turkish Court. all united in saying afterward that they found here a market for their very bestwares, that they found an educated, appreciative people, ready to pay liberallyfor works of art. The mistake which these dealers had made was a very natural one. Theyargued, and with some show of reason, that because we did not produce art-work of the highest character we had no market for it. They forgot that whileour artisans as a class had not the art educational facilities of their Europeanbrethren, that our wealthy classes were constantly abroad and familiar with thebest examples of European work. The time is coming, however, when ourart-workmen will be peers of any anywhere. All they need is the opportunityto see and study the right models. From the London Exhibition of 1851 grew INDUSTRIAL ART. 189 up the South Kensington Museum and the industrial-art revival in England,and we are more advanced to-day than England was then. Therefore, taking. Lace Parasol Cover—Collective Exhibit of Belgium. our Centennial as an equivalent starting-point, we may reasonably hope foreven greater results in the next twenty-five years than England achieved in thesame space of time. That English art-workmanship has made a truly wonderful advance in the 190 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. last quarter of a century was abundantly proven by the rich and varied displaysin the English Court. In no other branch of industry was this more noticeablethan in the ceramics. The very choice exhibit of the Messrs. Daniell alonewas evidence of this. Here were to be seen the very finest productions of thepotters skill—original designs showing education in the best schools, cleverreproductions of famous fabriques, copies of rare antiques, and examples of thelatest discoveries in the art. We have already presented to our readers in
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