Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 260
Chinese picto-rial art. It is full of characterand action. What could bebetter than the attitude andexpression of the master ofthe clowns here, or of the pe-destrian who has paused inhis walk to enjoy their an-tics? It is not fine art, con-sidered by our canons of gooddrawing and perspective, but… … The severe plainness instyle for furniture that hasquite superseded the pat-terns of twenty-five yearsago is illustrated in theBuffet exhibited by Col-linson & Locke, of Lon-don, in their department atthe Centennial. It is afterthe manner made familiarto us in this country byMr. Eastlake in his…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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