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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 231

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ace, fromthe Egyptian Court, that shows the peculiar characteristics of that school ofdesign. The reader will observe the entire absence of scrolls and interwovenpatterns, and the straightness of the lines. Yet whatever it may lack, to oureyes, in elaborateness of design, is made up in the… … Amoncr the minor works of art exhibited by the Royal Porcelain Worksof Germany were dinner- and tea-services of an infinite variety of shapes and INDUSTRIAL ART. 217

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

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