Examples of household taste . Glass Plaque: M. Lobmeyr, Vienna. vals, and connected together by a running vine, woven in and out between theother figures. From the display of artistic pottery, bronzes, fancy furniture, etc., madeby M. Jules Houry, of Paris, we select the group of objects illustrated onpage 378. M. Houry, beside being a manufacturer, is also an agent for objetsdart and fantaisie, and his stall therefore contained a collection of ornamentsand articles of furniture of the most varied description. M. Houry, however,makes a specialty of porcelain plaques of a novel description, for
Examples of household taste . Glass Plaque: M. Lobmeyr, Vienna. vals, and connected together by a running vine, woven in and out between theother figures. From the display of artistic pottery, bronzes, fancy furniture, etc., madeby M. Jules Houry, of Paris, we select the group of objects illustrated onpage 378. M. Houry, beside being a manufacturer, is also an agent for objetsdart and fantaisie, and his stall therefore contained a collection of ornamentsand articles of furniture of the most varied description. M. Houry, however,makes a specialty of porcelain plaques of a novel description, for mounting inetageres, jardinieres, etc. These plaques have figures and arabesque patternsmodeled in very low relief, over which a transparent blue glaze is floated before INDUSTRIAL ART. 3*5. Ornamental Tile Mantlepiece : Minion, Hollis & Co., London. 386 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the second firing. The effect is to produce an even surface, under which theornamentation is seen in shades of color varying with the thickness of theglaze. An example of this kind in the group before us is the oblong plaquewith rabbits, grotesquely shaped birds and scrolls. Below this plaque is a jardiniere, made of faience, with masks and fancifulfigures painted upon the surface in colors, mostly green, blue, brown, and yellow,like in the faience of Gien. The remaining objects in the group are bronzes, executed with that deli-
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