The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Decoratcd Fans: French Court men no doubt thought that we were sufificiendy behind the art-culture of thetimes to be satisfied with this riff-raff of their shops; but they quickly learnedtheir error and how much, unfortunately for their own advantage, they hadmisjudged the average American art-knowledge. It is but just to these gentle- INDUSTRIAL ART. 187 men to say thatthey willinglyacknowledoredtheir mistake,and asked butanother Hke od- 1. portunity to rec-tify their error:On the otherhand, those ex-hibitors who sentgoo
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Decoratcd Fans: French Court men no doubt thought that we were sufificiendy behind the art-culture of thetimes to be satisfied with this riff-raff of their shops; but they quickly learnedtheir error and how much, unfortunately for their own advantage, they hadmisjudged the average American art-knowledge. It is but just to these gentle- INDUSTRIAL ART. 187 men to say thatthey willinglyacknowledoredtheir mistake,and asked butanother Hke od- 1. portunity to rec-tify their error:On the otherhand, those ex-hibitors who sentgood work foundready and eagerpurchasers. Evengorgeous articlesof luxury such asonly princes inEurope couldpurchase, weresold to wealthypersons here;and it is safe tosay that neverdid foreign deal-ers make suchenormous profitsas at the Cen-tennial. Even in a na-tion like Ene-land, with whichwe have hail suchintimate com-mercial relationsfor so long a time,there were
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