Examples of household taste . itis—leaning gentlyupon the vase, withher right handhanging idly besideher; in her lefthand holding abook open at apassage which sheis reading with ab-sorbed male figureappears to be thatof a priest or scribe,as his feet and headwork of Frullini, of , close-grained wood, and mayBoth the outer and inner edge are bare, and hecarries an ink-hornin his girdle. Hestands resting hishand on a vase insomewhat the sameattitude as thewoman, and thetwo figures makean excellent groupor pair. Prettieror more interestingornaments thanthese to a mantel
Examples of household taste . itis—leaning gentlyupon the vase, withher right handhanging idly besideher; in her lefthand holding abook open at apassage which sheis reading with ab-sorbed male figureappears to be thatof a priest or scribe,as his feet and headwork of Frullini, of , close-grained wood, and mayBoth the outer and inner edge are bare, and hecarries an ink-hornin his girdle. Hestands resting hishand on a vase insomewhat the sameattitude as thewoman, and thetwo figures makean excellent groupor pair. Prettieror more interestingornaments thanthese to a mantel-shelf or whatnotcould hardly be de-sired, and they pos-sess an additionalvalue to us as beingcorrect copies ofthe costume wornby the wonderfulpeople who fashionthese things. We have alreadyillustrated severalexamples of wood-carving by Italianartists, and on page292 we give an-other specimen, theIt is a Mirror-Frame, executed in some be regarded as a study in the classical style. of the frame have a beviled surface, orna-. Table Lamp: German Court. INDUSTRIAL ART. 295 mented with an incised pattern cut in low relief. The upper flat surface isdivided into panels by raised mouldings, and to the ornamentation of these panels the artisthas given hiscareful design ofeach is different,though a per-fect balance andharmony hasbeen preservedthroughout. Inthe four cornersare groups sym-bolic of War,Peace and theArts, each one aa pretty study initself. In thehorizontal panelsabove and be-low are gracefulscrolls startingfrom a commoncentre and wind-ing off to theright and left infanciful curves,in which we candiscover curiousmasks and grif-fins heads. In
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