The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . lUhcmian Glass Vase and P,-il,sl<i/: Luimeyr. Vienna. 270 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. declaim most against. These instructors say that to have wreaths and garlandsof flowers, imitating nature, woven into a carpet which we walk over, or intoa fabric which we sit down upon, is quite contrary to tlie canons of aestheticart; yet, for all that, the best skill of French workmen, the most artistic work-. The Amazon {bronzed zinc): y, L. Molt Iron Co., Xen York. men in the world, continues to be employed in weaving jus
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . lUhcmian Glass Vase and P,-il,sl<i/: Luimeyr. Vienna. 270 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. declaim most against. These instructors say that to have wreaths and garlandsof flowers, imitating nature, woven into a carpet which we walk over, or intoa fabric which we sit down upon, is quite contrary to tlie canons of aestheticart; yet, for all that, the best skill of French workmen, the most artistic work-. The Amazon {bronzed zinc): y, L. Molt Iron Co., Xen York. men in the world, continues to be employed in weaving just such patterns intothe finest and most costly fabrics used for the purposes named. The example of Lace which we engrave on page 268 from the collectiveexhibit of Brussels differs only in elaborateness and pattern from the speci-mens already illustrated. Like those the fancy of the designer here has brought INDUSTRIAL ART. 271 flowers and ferns together in beautiful groupings, and the skill of the lace-worker has been taxed to reproduce the pattern, thread by thread and stitchby stitch, in the delicate network which keeps the figures in the place. It seems hardly credible that the elaborate Vase and Pedestal, seen inour engraving on page 269, is made entirely of glass ; yet if the reader saw
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