Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 228
ich rise scrollsand bands encircling the neck and twining about the masks that ornament itsupper portion. The most noteworthy feature in the whole are the handles ofthe lamp, composed of winged caryatides, freely and boldly modeled, the drapery,from the waist downward, shading off and blending into… … A pleasingwall ornament,and one whichfrom its intrinsicbeauty and meritwill never be-come tiresome tothe possessor, isthe Tazza, man-ufactured byEmile Philippe,of Paris, that weengrave on page209. The de-sign is one ofthose happy com-binations of thegrotesque withthe natural, inwhich French…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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