. The industrial arts in Spain. ystals. No. 323, Silver open work earrings set with rosediamonds. No. 330 to Four miniature ewers of silver filigreeopen work, the bodies of Chinese enamelled copper. No. 1224-71. Silver frame repousse, with the Holy Dove, and ableeding heart encircled with thorns. Models of the baroque or, as it is called in Spain, Churriguesqiiestyles continued to be copied during the beginning of the i8thcentury, in the same manner as in the 17 th century. At thistime, as in the rest of Europe, a reaction begins in every branchof art, due in Spain to the i
. The industrial arts in Spain. ystals. No. 323, Silver open work earrings set with rosediamonds. No. 330 to Four miniature ewers of silver filigreeopen work, the bodies of Chinese enamelled copper. No. 1224-71. Silver frame repousse, with the Holy Dove, and ableeding heart encircled with thorns. Models of the baroque or, as it is called in Spain, Churriguesqiiestyles continued to be copied during the beginning of the i8thcentury, in the same manner as in the 17 th century. At thistime, as in the rest of Europe, a reaction begins in every branchof art, due in Spain to the influence of French and Italian artistswho accompanied the family of Bourbon. The Academy of FineArts of St. Fernando was founded by a king of that House GOLD AND SILVER WORK, 39 towards the middle of the century, the teaching was reduced tocopying Greco-Roman models^ such as they were understood atthat time. The great centres which in the i6th century had produced suchsplendid works of art had almost completely ceased. No great. BREAST ORNAMENT SET WITH DIAMONDS. SPANISH, LATE 17TH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. silversmiths remained at Valladolid, Leon, Toledo, or only localities which have preserved even to the present daythe traditional forms of these ornaments are Salamanca, Cordova 46 SPANISH INDUSTRIAL ART. Astorga, and Santiago. Madrid absorbed from the middle ofthe 17 th century the whole of this industry. In Larrugas Memorias, Vol. IV., will be found every detail given on thissubject. Several important establishments for the object of makingsilver work on a large scale were founded at Madrid, the mostimportant being that of Tornas de Buenafuente, which passedafter to Francisco Novi. Two Frenchmen called Isaac andMiguel Naudin established a manufactory in 1772. In eachthe greater part of the work was machine made. Others werefounded to cut and polish precious stones, and mount pastestones. This Avas done with great skill by Antonio Martinez in1778, in a bu
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