Examples of household taste . aced this Cabinet in the room with the Fire-place, we may placeamong the bric-a-brac on its shelves the specimens of Faience of Gien etLoiret, illustrated on page 346. These characteristic examples of this kind ofpottery are taken from the French Collective .Exhibit, which was rich in modernwares and copies of ancient styles. The decoration of these pieces is offelicitous excellence, and as they may be regarded more as ornaments thanworks of utility, the profusion of enrichment increases the pleasure in theirbeauty. And having grouped the last three illustrations
Examples of household taste . aced this Cabinet in the room with the Fire-place, we may placeamong the bric-a-brac on its shelves the specimens of Faience of Gien etLoiret, illustrated on page 346. These characteristic examples of this kind ofpottery are taken from the French Collective .Exhibit, which was rich in modernwares and copies of ancient styles. The decoration of these pieces is offelicitous excellence, and as they may be regarded more as ornaments thanworks of utility, the profusion of enrichment increases the pleasure in theirbeauty. And having grouped the last three illustrations together, we may with pro-priety add the Curtain, a portion of which is seen in the engraving on page347, as part of the hangings in this ideal apartment. Those of our readers whohave followed us this far will have rightly guessed, already, that this Curtain is the INDUSTRIAL ART. 35i work of the women at the Royal School of Art Needle-work, in desio-n is one of the most graceful and artistic of the many which were. Plaque—Bath-Sheba at the Bath : Elkington &> Co., Birmingham, England. shown in the exhibit of this institution. The natural growth of the vine hasherein been studied and conventionalized for decorative purposes in the happiest 352 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. and most agreeable manner. We can wish the happy possessor of the roomwhich we have furnished to this extent no better fortune than that the articlesstill wanting to make the place habitable may be each as excellent in their wayas these are. On page 348 we illustrate a Lace Collar, exhibited in the collection ofFrench manufactures in the Womens Pavilion at the Centennial. Judging fromthe general appearance of the design as seen in the engraving, we should saythis collar was a specimen of the needle-made lace of Alencon, the only placein France, except Argentan, where point lace is made at the present , the celebrated minister of Louis XIV, established the Alencon industry,and
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