Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 209
central piece is particularly rich and elegant, thedesire of the artist seeming to have been to produce something chaste ratherthan anything elaborate. The combination of glass with the silver is happilyconceived, and the effect of these two materials in conjunction is almostalways good. The… … Beavvais Furniture Silks. reason, they were in great demand. An exception to the charge of grotesque-ness must be made for the jug on the left hand, which is beautifully propor-tioned. As to the others, odd as they appear measured by our canons of taste,they possess an individuality and freedom of…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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