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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 248

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re already familiar with the high character of the displaymade at the Centennial by the Messrs. Elkington, of Birmingham, throughthe superb pieces of metal-work from their manufactory which have been illus-trated in these pages. No one, looking at that splendid exhibit, made up entirely of ob-jects… … Communion Service : Cox 6* Son, London, plied to theprecious met-als. The la-bors of theartist and arti-san were sot h o rou ghl yand perfectlymingled—asthey should be—that it washard to saywhere the skillof the oneended, and theinspiration ofthe other be- gan. If the other manufacturers of England…

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

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