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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 255

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le harmo-nious. A finerunning- vinewith delicatetendrils andsprays of leavesdepending overthe plants be-low gives astraight andwell-definedborder, sepa-rating the figure from the plain portion of the fabric, and making a finish to the whole. A happy blending of realism and fancy is seen in the… … Buffet: Collinson &* Locke, London. conveying a sense of a tangle of branches of trees and tall grasses by themultiplication of the curves and intricate convolutions of lines with which hehas covered the panel. Among these, as in a thicket, are birds, reptiles and INDUSTRIAL ART. 241

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

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