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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 342

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s art that crowded Lobmeyrs stalls. Itwas indeed the fault of the Exhibition, if it had a fault, that it was too vast inits plan and too much elaborated in its details. No one who has ever talkedwith another on any given department can have failed to remark how manythings the one saw that the other… … Portion of a Necklace: N. A. Bellezza, Rome. an object, thewhile the mindwas searchingfor it. We arenot sure thatthis embar-rassment ofriches couldhave beenavoided, orthat it wouldhave been wise to attempt it; yet we think that the exhibitions of the future will lookmore towards quality than…

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

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