The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . cessaryto convey the requisite amount of gas to the four burners. These latter arearranged about a circle of brass, ornamented with leaves and tendrils. Evensuch delicate enrichments as those are used sparingly, to avoid any appearanceof overloading and weight, and, in order to give an appearance of greatersecurity four chains, suspended from the rosette at the ceiling, are fastenedto this band. 4i6 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. The Carpet illustrated on page 413 was displayed by the manufacturers,Templeton & Co., O
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . cessaryto convey the requisite amount of gas to the four burners. These latter arearranged about a circle of brass, ornamented with leaves and tendrils. Evensuch delicate enrichments as those are used sparingly, to avoid any appearanceof overloading and weight, and, in order to give an appearance of greatersecurity four chains, suspended from the rosette at the ceiling, are fastenedto this band. 4i6 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. The Carpet illustrated on page 413 was displayed by the manufacturers,Templeton & Co., OF Glasgow, in their extensive exhibit at the Centennial. Thecentre is woven in a geometric pattern of dark colors, making an excellentcontrast with the border which is more elaborate in design and in which the colorsare bris^ht and clearly defined against a white or cream-colored ground. In thecorners is a showy, ornamental finish, suggestive of the designs which originatedin the great French factories and tound immediate favor and many imitatorsthroughout Glass and Silver Centrc-ficcc: Elkington &• Co. Something c^uite novel and striking in the way of curtain patterns is shownin our illustration on page 414 of a Lace Curtain, from the Maison blanc,Paris. Heretofore the curtains which we have illustrated have been worked withdesigns of flower and plant forms, mostly ferns, treated in a more or lessrealistic manner. Here, however, conventionalized forms obtain. On the sidesand at the base is an elaborate composition of scroll forms, such as Frenchdesigners excel in inventing, but the centre of the curtain is patterned off withcurved lines running diagonally across each other, making a sort of network. INDUSTRIAL ART. A^7 In each compartment iormed by these Hnes is a leaf-shaped figure standing-out in strong relief against the delicate fabric in which it is worked. Thecurtain is an example ot the astonishing fertility of invention shown by Frenchdesigners in repousse t
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