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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 78

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our and a half feet. Theprogress of America from savage to civilized life is represented by a contrastbetween its condition in the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries. On the lefthand we have a group representing the primitive state of the country: theparty of savage Aztecs thinking of nothing… … Progress: Reed & Barton, Taunton, Mass. soil, while the angry serpent may be looked upon as typifying the fight withuntamed nature. 64 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. Four centuries pass, and behold the contrast! The Genius of Columbia,bearing the olive-branch of peace in one hand, and the…

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

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