The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Lace Curtain ; Heynuui cr Alexandey, Xottiiigham artistic skill of famous for its quality, and Scotch crystalbrilliancy. The engraving with which itcontrast with the clear portions of the the Saxon arti-sans. The spe-cimen shown inour illustrationtreats a well-known methodof design withvigor a n tlgrace, and inthe blendingof color, whichcannot be shown in an « engraving, amost harmoni-ous effect hasbeen Cu r-Gl.\ Decan-ter, illustratedon page 443, isselected fromthe fine exhibitot glasswaremade by James Ml
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Lace Curtain ; Heynuui cr Alexandey, Xottiiigham artistic skill of famous for its quality, and Scotch crystalbrilliancy. The engraving with which itcontrast with the clear portions of the the Saxon arti-sans. The spe-cimen shown inour illustrationtreats a well-known methodof design withvigor a n tlgrace, and inthe blendingof color, whichcannot be shown in an « engraving, amost harmoni-ous effect hasbeen Cu r-Gl.\ Decan-ter, illustratedon page 443, isselected fromthe fine exhibitot glasswaremade by James & Co., OF Edinburgh, in the English Court at the Centennial. Scotch glass is glass especially has great clearness and is decorated heightens this effect by surface, and the anj^les produced by INDUSTRIAL ART. AA7 cutting increase the brillianGy. The form of the Decanter illustrated is particu-larly graceful and well tm-:hl:j If any one desired a practical illustration of the results of industrial-arteducation in England, they had it in full measure at the Centennial Exhibition. 448 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HI B IT I ON, 1876. In the Paris Exposition England surprised tlie world by coming suddenly tothe fore among the nations of Europe with her exhibit of decorative and orna-mental workmanship, and again at Vienna she won renown; but her bestachievements in these lines, taking the exhibit as a whole, were seen at theCentennial. Our pages have already been enriched with illustrations of thetriumphs of English manufactures in artistic pottery, glass, metal-work, textiles,paper-hangings, and furniture, ail traceable directly or indirectly to the influence
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