Examples of household taste . Ornamental Tiles: Minton, Hollins dr» Co., London. engraved with great technical skill. Beneath and above them are winged dragonsguarding the vases, from which emerge the plant-forms that make a wreath thecentral composition. Just within the upturned rim of the salver is an engravedborder forming a frame for the rest of the design. The design here is veryelaborate, especially in the sides where there are groups of flowers executedwith such minuteness and delicacy that they will bear examination through amagnifying-glass. Perhaps no better illustration of the impro
Examples of household taste . Ornamental Tiles: Minton, Hollins dr» Co., London. engraved with great technical skill. Beneath and above them are winged dragonsguarding the vases, from which emerge the plant-forms that make a wreath thecentral composition. Just within the upturned rim of the salver is an engravedborder forming a frame for the rest of the design. The design here is veryelaborate, especially in the sides where there are groups of flowers executedwith such minuteness and delicacy that they will bear examination through amagnifying-glass. Perhaps no better illustration of the improvement in the art of decorative INDUSTRIAL ART. 419 design in England in the last quarter of a century can be found than in astudy of the tiles made during that period. The multitude of uses to whichthese articles are put at the present time has led to their manufacture in almostendless variety. And as these uses include in their range all between tilesdesigned for the commonest service and those designed purely for ornament
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