The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Group of China: Brown, Wisthead, Moore if Co., Staffordshire. 38o THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. ?outline and delicacy of design, with graceful curves blending into the moreelaborate figures, makes their work elegant and attractive. On page Tfj^, we illustrate a Lace Curtain, a superb example of Frenchlace manufacture exhibited by the Maison Blanc, of Paris. Here the beautyof the curved lines, so disposed as to give extreme richness of oudine withlightness, is seen to fine advantage. The balance of the design has bee
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Group of China: Brown, Wisthead, Moore if Co., Staffordshire. 38o THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. ?outline and delicacy of design, with graceful curves blending into the moreelaborate figures, makes their work elegant and attractive. On page Tfj^, we illustrate a Lace Curtain, a superb example of Frenchlace manufacture exhibited by the Maison Blanc, of Paris. Here the beautyof the curved lines, so disposed as to give extreme richness of oudine withlightness, is seen to fine advantage. The balance of the design has been wellsustained, and a sumptuous degree of ornament is obtained without any effectof crowding. But it must always be remembered that a curtain ornamented inthis manner, with a design which must be viewed in its entirety to be dulyappreciated, should not be hung in folds. The designer has made his patternfor a broad flat surface, and the curtain should hang in that way. The group of j(-\velry on page 374 includes two examples of Necklacesexhibited by M. Gerardine, of
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