Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 316
al school of traditional jewelrysomewhat similar—not, indeed, in taste or elegance of design, but at leastin method and workmanship — to the ancient art; and the beautiful peasantgirls of these districts, when at their wedding-feasts, wear necklaces and long ear-ringrs callednavicelle,… … God of Contentment {porcelain) : Chinese Court. geometrical ex-actness is attain-ed in modernjewelry, thesemen succeededbetter than allwhom we hadpreviously em-ployed in theimitation of thatfreedom of stylewhich is the pe-culiar character-istic of the artamong the an-cients. The events of1848 and…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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