The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . le of decoration essentially different from all others, and formetal-work, perhaps it is not too much to say that it is the most effective of all. 220 THE INTERXATIONAL EXHIBITION, iSj6. Amoncr the numerous other curious and interesting arts seen in the Egyp-tian Court, the one of enriching leather by decoration in gold and color, ofwhich the engraved on this page is an illustration, was one thatattracted much attention. The effect of this work was rich in the extreme, andit is apparently popular widi the peop
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . le of decoration essentially different from all others, and formetal-work, perhaps it is not too much to say that it is the most effective of all. 220 THE INTERXATIONAL EXHIBITION, iSj6. Amoncr the numerous other curious and interesting arts seen in the Egyp-tian Court, the one of enriching leather by decoration in gold and color, ofwhich the engraved on this page is an illustration, was one thatattracted much attention. The effect of this work was rich in the extreme, andit is apparently popular widi the people, for numberless articles, from the trap-pincrs of horses to small purses and toilet articles, are thus decorated. Inthis instance the gold appears to have been used in threads as an embroidery,worked into a pattern drawn with remarkable skill. Our illustra- tions on page 221take us back toFrance and tothe famous por-celain manufac-tory establishedat Sevres, andpatronized by allEurope. Wewere fortunate inhavino- an exhi-bition of someof the finer ex-amples of Sevres. Saddie-Bag: Egyptian Court. porcelain at theCentennial, sentto us by thecourtesy of theFrench Commis-sion. None ofthis display wason sale; it wassimply a contri-bution towardsmaking the cele-bration worthyof its high the same spiritthe Sevres por- celain was not put in competition with the productions of other factories, forit unquestionably would have taken all the honors. Fostered by the lavish expenditure of royal means, afterwards carefullysuperintended at Government expense, with the best chemists in the world toperfect the methods of manufacture, and with great artists employed to decorateand design the ware, the porcelain of Sevres has long been pre-eminent. Thefactory is, in itself, a school of decorative and constructive art. Of the three pieces which we illustrate, one, the central piece, is of patedure, or hard porcelain, and the other two of pate tendre, or soft porcelain, anartificial composi
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