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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 434

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through amagnifying-glass. Perhaps no better illustration of the improvement in the art of decorative INDUSTRIAL ART. 419 design in England in the last quarter of a century can be found than in astudy of the tiles made during that period. The multitude of uses to whichthese articles are put at the… … Ornamental Tiles: Minton, Hollins &> Co., London. the decorative skill employed upon them includes the draughtsman of simplegeometric figures and the artist learned in the use of pigments. On pages 418 and 419 are illustrations of Ornamental Tiles, selectedfrom the small but choice display…

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

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