The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Tiles and China PUles and Vase: Brown, IVesthead, Moore &• Co., Staffordshire. 382 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HIBI TI0 N, 18 7 6. On page 375 are several other examples of Russian jewelry, chieflyBracelets, which are admirable examples of workmanship of the hitrhest artistic and tech-nical finely con-ventionalizedvine and flowerpattern withwhich one ofthese braceletsis ornamented incolored enamelsis a model in itsway. Here thenatural lines ofthe growth ofthe plant havebeen convention-alized so as togive us a flor
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Tiles and China PUles and Vase: Brown, IVesthead, Moore &• Co., Staffordshire. 382 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HIBI TI0 N, 18 7 6. On page 375 are several other examples of Russian jewelry, chieflyBracelets, which are admirable examples of workmanship of the hitrhest artistic and tech-nical finely con-ventionalizedvine and flowerpattern withwhich one ofthese braceletsis ornamented incolored enamelsis a model in itsway. Here thenatural lines ofthe growth ofthe plant havebeen convention-alized so as togive us a floralform as artisticand beautiful asa mere imitationof the plant itselfwould have beeninartistic andmean. Attentionalso may be di-rected to the twopatterns in scroll-work and ara-besques, which. are singularlyagreeable, givingevidence of askill in orna-mental desisfningrof a very highorder of excel-lence. In this groupwe have illus-trated a JewelCasket, wroughtin silver, whichwas exhibited inthe AustrianCourt. The pat-tern of flowersand leaves inter-woven into asintricate a net-work as natureherself weaves, isexecuted in high relief and withmuch elabora-tion. The examplesof FurnitureSilks on page376 are from the collection of textiles displayed in the Russian Court at the Centennial. Thepattern with which the fabric is enriched resembles the styles made popular in Carpet: Tomkinson &• Adam, Kidderminster, Englaiid. INDUSTRIAL ART. 383 France a number of years ago, and which have rarely been equaled in beautyof detail and richness of effect. There is, however, in these designs, lesselaboration and delicacy of outline than in the French work, while the colorsare more strongly contrasted and more broadly massed. The French taste in the decoration of certain textiles is wel
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