Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 459
ure. A curvilinear design,some four inches broad, is carved around the base of the cabinet, on the front and sides. At thetwo outer cornersare caryatides, exe-cuted with a breadthand freedom rarelyattained in wood-sculpture. In theends are panels sim-ilar in desion tothose in the front.About the… … Pulpit: Hart, Son &* Peard, London. ness, according toposition. The art of blow-ing glass, brought bythe Venetians to thehighest state of per-fection, was knownto the Egyptians andPhoenicians, and ex-tensively practisedby the Romans. In-deed, the countlessfragments of Romanglass that are…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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