Examples of household taste . Cameos : Starr dr> Marcus, Xe7v York. from the Collective Exhibit of Spain—is one of the most graceful and effectiverealistic treatments of plant-life that was to be seen in the whole range oftextile designs at the Centennial. A close examination will show that thedrawing is not realistic as a whole, the pattern being made up of repetitionsof the same series of groups, which in themselves closely imitate nature; yetso cleverly are these combined that the general effect is that of a climbing orrunning vine, its branches and tendrils shooting off with the methodi
Examples of household taste . Cameos : Starr dr> Marcus, Xe7v York. from the Collective Exhibit of Spain—is one of the most graceful and effectiverealistic treatments of plant-life that was to be seen in the whole range oftextile designs at the Centennial. A close examination will show that thedrawing is not realistic as a whole, the pattern being made up of repetitionsof the same series of groups, which in themselves closely imitate nature; yetso cleverly are these combined that the general effect is that of a climbing orrunning vine, its branches and tendrils shooting off with the methodical irregu-larity of the living plant. Another example of English Lace, this time taken from the exhibit ofM. Jacoby & Co., of Nottingham, is engraved on page 455. This too is a LaceCurtain, decorated with flowers and ferns gracefully arranged in festoons andgarlands and groups. The treatment of each separate flower and leaf andfern spray is realistic to a minute degree, but here the imitation of nature INDUSTRIAL ART.
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