The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . INDUSTRIAL ART. 245 The severe plainness instyle for furniture that hasquite superseded the pat-terns of twenty-five yearsago is illustrated in theBuffet exhibited by Cul-LiNsoN & Locke, of Lon-don, in their department atthe Centennial. It is afterthe manner made familiarto us in this country byMr. Eastlake in his bookon Household Art. Thebenefit of that volume tothe people both here andin England has been quiteincalculable, ftwoke every-body up to the evils ofglue and veneer and mere-tricious ornament and dis-honest work
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . INDUSTRIAL ART. 245 The severe plainness instyle for furniture that hasquite superseded the pat-terns of twenty-five yearsago is illustrated in theBuffet exhibited by Cul-LiNsoN & Locke, of Lon-don, in their department atthe Centennial. It is afterthe manner made familiarto us in this country byMr. Eastlake in his bookon Household Art. Thebenefit of that volume tothe people both here andin England has been quiteincalculable, ftwoke every-body up to the evils ofglue and veneer and mere-tricious ornament and dis-honest workmanship. Itcalled fo. joinery in wood-work, andprotested against showed, too, how muchmore harmonious and howmuch more truly artistic aroom would appear fur-nished in the manner headvocated than with the in-coneruous assortment of
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