The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Sappko; Watcomb Terr-Cotta Company. table nimbus, andenriching the scar- cotta—meaning burned or baked clay—has been used from the earliest agesas a material for jugs, jars and ornamental figures, and during the five centuriespreceding the seventeenth it was largely used by the Italians in architecturaldecoration. In England its manufacture became an important industry towardthe end of the last centurj, and it was much used instead of carved stone orna-mentadon. A notable modern example of this is in the handsome facade o
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Sappko; Watcomb Terr-Cotta Company. table nimbus, andenriching the scar- cotta—meaning burned or baked clay—has been used from the earliest agesas a material for jugs, jars and ornamental figures, and during the five centuriespreceding the seventeenth it was largely used by the Italians in architecturaldecoration. In England its manufacture became an important industry towardthe end of the last centurj, and it was much used instead of carved stone orna-mentadon. A notable modern example of this is in the handsome facade of theSouth Kensington Museum, where its superior adaptability and durability forsuch uses has been proven. Michael Angelo employed this material in makingmodels and sketches for his work, and it is used in that way to this , when a material is capable of such fine manipulation as to produce this INDUSTRIAL ART. 3. Buffet or Sideboard: Allen d- Brother, Philadelphia. Sappho and to be employed in large masses—as for the ornamentation of abuilding—its value in Industrial Art can hardly be over-estimated. 14 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, iSj6. On the previous page we illustrate an article of furniture, the importanceof which, as a means of making or marring the artistic appearance of an apart-ment can liardly be over-estimated. In England this piece of furniture wouldbe called a Buffet, but in this country it is almost universally known as a Side-board. The prominent position which a sideboard occupies in a dining-room,its use for the display of silver and china, as well as for the necessary articlespertaining to the meals while the latter are going on, make the considerationof artistic design and harmony in its construction a matter Of primaryimportance. The subject of our illustration is an admirable specimen of its kind, andis an e.\cellent example of the character of the workmanship ior whi
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