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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 199

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I 8 1 <3 3 184 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. assemblage—by us termed fine joining. Point dAlencon is the only lacein which horse-hair is introduced along the edge, to give firmness and consist-ency to the cordonnet. Point dAlencon and dArgenton are the only needle-made laces now pro-duced… … Plaque of Iron : Zuloaga & Son, Madrid. provinces of Normandy, Auvergne and Lorraine. The pillow-lace made atValenciennes is well known, but it is not generally understood that only thecity-made lace is entitled to the name of vraie Valenciennes. The blonde andblack silk even of Chantilly used…

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

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