Examples of household taste . S5 a INDUSTRIAL ART. 441. Glass Vase and Epergne : Lobmeyr, Vienna. 44- THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the styles werefounded. Thecarved furnitureand wood-workof this periodhave never beenexcelled. Thebest artists ofthe day were notunwilling to ex-ercise their skillin this direction,and the exquis-itely ornamentedchests and sculp-tured panels ofthe cinque centopreserved in themuseums andpalaces of Eu-rope attest tothis day the sur-passing skill ofthe workmen. In early me-diaeval or Gothicart there was acertain conven-tionality in theconvolutions offoliated sc
Examples of household taste . S5 a INDUSTRIAL ART. 441. Glass Vase and Epergne : Lobmeyr, Vienna. 44- THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the styles werefounded. Thecarved furnitureand wood-workof this periodhave never beenexcelled. Thebest artists ofthe day were notunwilling to ex-ercise their skillin this direction,and the exquis-itely ornamentedchests and sculp-tured panels ofthe cinque centopreserved in themuseums andpalaces of Eu-rope attest tothis day the sur-passing skill ofthe workmen. In early me-diaeval or Gothicart there was acertain conven-tionality in theconvolutions offoliated sculptureand other orna-mental workadorning furni-
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