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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 475

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60 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. content with its natural irregularity of outline, this enormous sacrifice of weio-htand value to secure regularity and symmetry would not have been made. In some cases, however, diamonds gain largely in worth by cutting, andthis is especially the case with the… … Fretich Pottery: French Court. processes that resulted in the production of these superb jewels. In the examplesof Diamond Jewelry from the exhibit made by this firm, which we illustrate onpage 456, no one can be blind to the beauty of the royal stone, transfiguredby the cunning art of the lapidary…

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

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