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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 153

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ting the nine Muses, four on one and five on the other; the former—the medallion seen in our illustration-—is, perhaps, the most beautiful group in 138 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. this chaste and harmonious work. At the bases of the handles are escutcheonsbearing the names of illustrious… … The Amazon Vase: Doulton &* Co. convey an adequate idea of its fine workmanship and artistic designing. Tostate that the art labor alone bestowed upon it cost thirty thousand dollars in gold,is but to give the figures representing the commercial value of an expressionof genius which cannot be…

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

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