The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . delicacy and richness. Theskill of the designer iswell shown in the wayin which he has managedto distribute his designevenly over the wholesurface of the piece, soas to avoid any sense ofcrowding- towards thecentre, or of sparsenesstowards the circumfer-ence. The reader can see in thisexample how well flowersand ferns—but especiallythe latter—can be used bythe lace-worker as sub-jects for his design. Itis, perhaps, better art, ac-cording to our moderncanons of taste, to con-ventionalize natural ob-jects, or to make use of
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . delicacy and richness. Theskill of the designer iswell shown in the wayin which he has managedto distribute his designevenly over the wholesurface of the piece, soas to avoid any sense ofcrowding- towards thecentre, or of sparsenesstowards the circumfer-ence. The reader can see in thisexample how well flowersand ferns—but especiallythe latter—can be used bythe lace-worker as sub-jects for his design. Itis, perhaps, better art, ac-cording to our moderncanons of taste, to con-ventionalize natural ob-jects, or to make use ofpurely geometric figuresin decoration of this only the captious andhypercritical will be dis-posed to find fault witha minute and faithfulcopying of nature whenthe result is a work ofsuch exquisite fineness and.
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