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Art and handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1894)

Elliott, Maud Howe, 1854-1948 · Chicago : Rand, McNally · leaf 269

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y, in his absence, copiedthe delicate branches in lace, and thus produced one of the love-liest of Venetian designs. Venetian lace resembles the foam of the Adriatic as the wavesbreak on the Lido. Just as her famous glass has caught in its iri-descent splendor the matchless delicacy of her sunsets… … COLLECTION OF LACE NEEDLES AND BOBBINS.Exhibited by the Committee of Italian Ladies. so in request by old ladies for their caps! The flower-pot is allthat is left of a once charming design of the annunciation; thegraceful figures of the Virgin and of the angel Gabriel have dis-appeared, but the…

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) · Women artists · Decorative arts

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