Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 409
an extraordinary skill in the use of the chisel. Theartist works with an ease and certainty that make it appear almost impossible that he is treatinga material so hardas wood. To lookat the little figuresthat adorn this bed-stead, one wouldalmost imagine thatthey had been mod-eled in clay, so… … Faience Vase: Italian Court. this superb ex-ample of wood-carvino- is made iswalnut, a wood thatis fine in grain andvery tenacious.The artist hastherefore been en-abled to carve init designs of won-derful minutenessof detail. In thefoot-board there isa medallion, sur-rounded by scroll-work and…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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