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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 247

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32 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. Kensington Museum is this account of the third division of which we havespoken :— Translucent enamels upon relief were made by Italian artists about theyear 1300, and grew more perfect as time went on, reaching the highest excel-lence in the sixteenth century.… … Palissy Plate: Barbizet & Son, Paris. as dry as possible; the enamel was then to be laid very thinly upon the surfaceof the relief, in order that the colors should not run into one another. Inplacing the piece in the furnace, much caution is to be used so that the enamelmight approach it…

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

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