Examples of household taste . ef-fectiveness. A thoroughlyartistic and alto-gether satisfac-tory example ofornamental met-al-work is theexample of IronRailing illustrat-ed on page is from the ex-hibit of , Bishop& Barnards, of Norwich, in the English Court at the Centennial. We have here an admirableillustration of the manner in which natural forms may be conventionalizedwithout losing any of their characteristics, while the nature of the material inwhich they are to be wrought is not forgotten. The artist has taken for hismodel the common sunflower, and treated it with a
Examples of household taste . ef-fectiveness. A thoroughlyartistic and alto-gether satisfac-tory example ofornamental met-al-work is theexample of IronRailing illustrat-ed on page is from the ex-hibit of , Bishop& Barnards, of Norwich, in the English Court at the Centennial. We have here an admirableillustration of the manner in which natural forms may be conventionalizedwithout losing any of their characteristics, while the nature of the material inwhich they are to be wrought is not forgotten. The artist has taken for hismodel the common sunflower, and treated it with a degree of skill worthy ofall praise. In the whole range of designs in ornamental metal-work in theExhibition, we remember no one more admirable in every way than this. The graceful Lace of Switzerland, of which several choice examples have 408 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. been engraved in former pages of this work, is famous for the beauty andvariety of its designs, and we illustrate on pages 404 and 405 additional. Lavori— Tcrra-cotta : Italian Court. specimens of noteworthy excellence. In both of these works there is the samecareful study of plant-life, and an artistic appreciation of its capabilities forornament evident to the observer. Without a careful observance of forms in INDUSTRIAL ART. 409
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