Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 324
of the orna- INDUSTRIAL ART. 309 ment to the material^ the use for which the object is designed, and the excel-lent taste displayed in the treatment of the design. The great fault in theornamental work usually produced by gas-fitters is the exaggerated imitationsof the florid French styles which… … Group of Silver-ware : Elkington &■ Co., Birmingham. whatever. Thus they present a tangle of leaves, flowers and branches, in whichall characteristic form is lost, and which indeed simply adds weight withoutstrength. In this corona the very reverse of all this is true. The artist hasgiven his…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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