Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 513
that which prevailshere, of furnishing thebest houses, from for-eign sources, with allobjects implying intheir design and manu-facture the highesttaste and the most ex-perienced skill in exe-cution. Such a condition ofthings as this is neithercreditable to the enter-prise of manufacturersnor… … Swedish Ornamental Iron Door. more than successfullywith native products inindustrial art, and prac-tically monopolizing thevast sums annually ex-pended on objects ofuse and ornament bythe ever-increasingwealthy classes, theremust be some radicaldeficiency either in ourmanufactures or oureducation…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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