. American homes and gardens. her strong and virile example, illustrative of art, and add a distinctive note to the character of any room the earlier trend of American sculpture, is especially ac- in which theyare placed. ceptable as an effective newel post ornament, either at the Perhaps there has never been a general understanding foot of a stair case or on a landing, as it is possible to among those who have found pleasure in bronze of the introduce electric lights into the lantern. This figure meas- materials which enter into its composition. It adds greatly ures thirty-nine inches, andhas
. American homes and gardens. her strong and virile example, illustrative of art, and add a distinctive note to the character of any room the earlier trend of American sculpture, is especially ac- in which theyare placed. ceptable as an effective newel post ornament, either at the Perhaps there has never been a general understanding foot of a stair case or on a landing, as it is possible to among those who have found pleasure in bronze of the introduce electric lights into the lantern. This figure meas- materials which enter into its composition. It adds greatly ures thirty-nine inches, andhas a decided decorative andartistic value. Other bronzes for usefulas well as decorative pur-poses are the many beautifuldesigns in candlesticks,which are made in pairs andsingly, also accessories forthe desk and for the smok-ers table produced withevery consideration for util-ity as well as desirablity fordecorative purposes. This is also true of theflower bowls and table foun-tains shown in numeroussizes and shapes as well as. Copyright by Her, Andirons Cupid and Psyche, by Henry Linder to the interest of objects toknow something of theirstructure and therefore itwill not be out of place tomention here that bronze isan alloy of copper and tin,varying slightly, in propor-tions, with the occasional ad-dition of silver, zinc, leadand other metals which,while foreign to the true al-loy, influence ductility andmalleability. Nine portionsof copper and one of tin isthe proportion of metal tometal in the normal compo-sition. In this connection itis interesting to note that in those of more ambitious size which have found their gun metal is of a similar composition, place in the garden, to which they lend an old world charm. It is unnecessary here to speculate upon the mythical Many of our American sculptors, because of this grow- story of the discovery of bronze-making by the Idaean ing interest in sculpture, are devoting themselves exclus- Dactyls, its ancient use by the Telchines of
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