Examples of household taste . w relief. In thecentral portion of the upper half of the Cabinet is a large sheet of glass, INDUSTRIAL ART. 437 placed there to expose to view the ornaments within, which it protects. Oneither side are splendid specimens of carving, representing ornamental nichesor recesses in which stand statues typical of music and painting. The upper partof the Cabinet is ornamented with a frieze, bearing an escutcheon for arms, and the top is finished withan arch broken in thecentre, to give place toa vase and pedestal. On page 432 is anengravingr 0f another charming work,a Br
Examples of household taste . w relief. In thecentral portion of the upper half of the Cabinet is a large sheet of glass, INDUSTRIAL ART. 437 placed there to expose to view the ornaments within, which it protects. Oneither side are splendid specimens of carving, representing ornamental nichesor recesses in which stand statues typical of music and painting. The upper partof the Cabinet is ornamented with a frieze, bearing an escutcheon for arms, and the top is finished withan arch broken in thecentre, to give place toa vase and pedestal. On page 432 is anengravingr 0f another charming work,a BronzeJardiniere, from the col-lection exhibited by , of Paris. Thevase itself is in the shapeof an ancient cistern, or-namented with panels,enriched with scroll-work and medallionheads in relief. A happyconceit has placed twowinged cupids on eitherside of the vessel, bind-ing it about with a gar-land of laurel. The poseof these little figures isgraceful and spirited, thevery embodiment of technical execution the. Silver Perfume-Box : Ritter & Co., Hanau. finish of this work leavesnothing to be desired. In the Scotch Carpet,made by James Temple-ton & Co., of Glasgow,illustrated on page 433,we see the influence ofthat French taste formedin the splendid schoolsof decorative and orna-mental design establishedby Corbet—the Gobelinsand Sevres—which sweptlike a wave over Europeand into England. Thelove of magnificence anddisplay in which oneLouis exceeded anotherwas ministered to inthese great factories byevery art that the inge-nuity of man could de-vise and money people, attracted bythe glitter and brilliancy of the age, threw aside the simple forms of the Renaissance and of classicantiquity, and sought to imitate in their humbler abodes the splendor of thecourt. Manufacturers caught the infection and strove to excel each other inthe production of novelties that should surpass, in richness of design or elabo-rateness of ornament, anything previously pr
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