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Examples of household taste (1875)

Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 116

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t critics these artisans are. Especially in subjects with which theiroccupation makes them acquainted, is their judgment just.Is it any wonder, then,that these men,going back totheir work atthe beginningof the week,take with theminto the shopsand manufac-tories an art-feeling, foster-ed and… … Marble Font: Struthers & Sons, Philadelphia. becomes evi-dent. Look at thisLamp as aspecimen ofFrench work.See how per-fectly plainand simple itis, and yetwhat eleganceand grace ofproportion itbears! A thin,fluted stand-ard supportedon curved legsterminates ina broad capi-tal, on whichrests a…

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts

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