Examples of household taste . es, many kinds of fancy boxes, and as plaques for vessels in use on thetable. On page 372 we engrave one of the most admired specimens in the exhibitof the Royal School of Art Needle-work, which was sent from London andarranged in a pavilion erected for the purpose in the English Court in theMain Building. Unfortunately the pavilion was not large enough to display allthe beautiful things in the collection, and a portion of them had to be placedon separate view in the building known as the Womens Pavilion, while otherswere not even unpacked. INDUSTRIAL ART. 377 The
Examples of household taste . es, many kinds of fancy boxes, and as plaques for vessels in use on thetable. On page 372 we engrave one of the most admired specimens in the exhibitof the Royal School of Art Needle-work, which was sent from London andarranged in a pavilion erected for the purpose in the English Court in theMain Building. Unfortunately the pavilion was not large enough to display allthe beautiful things in the collection, and a portion of them had to be placedon separate view in the building known as the Womens Pavilion, while otherswere not even unpacked. INDUSTRIAL ART. 377 The Screen which we illustrate on page 372 was one of several designedand embroidered by Miss Gremmell, one of the pupils of the School. Theground on which the design is embroidered is Musgrave satin, against whichthe colors in the work are excellently contrasted. The amount of laborexpended in this design must have been very great, as in parts of it—forexample, in the plumage of the birds—the shading and gradations of color.
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