Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 158
nts,—the clockand vases, or simply the clock—without which no French apartment would beconsidered furnished. We have selected for illustration one of the most beau-tiful of these latter forms, the Corneile Clock—shown on page 141. In truth,the mechanical part of such an art-work as this is a matter… … t ^ -s: ~0 classical group—the mother and her children—that surmounts the pedestal.The clock is merely an unobtrusive and happy adaptation by which a purelyornamental object becomes a useful, while remaining a beautiful article. 144 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i S j 6.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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