The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Ijrcclain VaiC: Chii:csc Louil. charmine crraceand natural-ness. An ex-cellent featureof the designis the way inwhich the repe-tition of thegroups is ar-ranged, so asto convey aslittle idea aspossible ofsameness, andto make thewhole harmo-nious. A finerunning: vinewith delicatetendrils andsprays of leavesdepending overthe plants be-low gives astraight andwell-definedborder, sepa-rating the ficrure from the plain portion of the fabric, and making a finish to the whole. A happy blending of realism and fancy is seen in the g
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Ijrcclain VaiC: Chii:csc Louil. charmine crraceand natural-ness. An ex-cellent featureof the designis the way inwhich the repe-tition of thegroups is ar-ranged, so asto convey aslittle idea aspossible ofsameness, andto make thewhole harmo-nious. A finerunning: vinewith delicatetendrils andsprays of leavesdepending overthe plants be-low gives astraight andwell-definedborder, sepa-rating the ficrure from the plain portion of the fabric, and making a finish to the whole. A happy blending of realism and fancy is seen in the graceful design inthe panel, a specimen of Wood-Carving, by Professor Frullini, of Florence,illustrated on page 236. The artist seems to have had in view the idea of 240 THE INTERXATIO XAL EXH IB ITION, Buffet: Collinson ^ Locke, London. conveying a sense of a tangle of branches of trees and tall grasses by themultiplication of the curves and intricate convolutions of lines with which hehas covered the panel. Among these, as in a thicket, are birds, reptiles and INDUSTRIAL ART. 241
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