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Identifier: examplesofhouseh00smit (find matches)
Title: Examples of household taste
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Decorative arts
Publisher: New York, R. Worthington
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
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Necklace and Ear-rings : A. Castellani, Rome. of the artist unites with the skill of the artisan to produce things of beauty,that the aesthetic taste and the commercial prosperity of a country minister toand advance each other. No more striking illustration of the demand which modern civilizationmakes for the introduction of artistic elegance into objects of every-day usecould readily be found than in the matter of gas-fixtures. So far has thisdemand been carried in this instance that the original purpose seems often tohave been lost sight of entirely, and use been made subservient to beauty.For all purposes of illumination, the simple gas tube answers every require- 200 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. ment; but fashion has decreed that this tube shall be twisted into coils or hiddenunder ornamentation of a more or less elaborate nature. Year by year fresh
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The Queen s Curtain : Royal School of Needlework. devices have been called for, until at the present time it seems as if we hadreached a point beyond which it will be impossible to advance. Not contentwith reproducing in bronze the most celebrated statues of ancient Greece and INDUSTRIAL ART. 201 our light-bearers, the skill of our artists is employed

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  • bookyear:1875
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Centennial_Exhibition__1876___Philadelphia__Pa__
  • booksubject:Decorative_arts
  • bookpublisher:New_York__R__Worthington
  • bookcontributor:Sterling_and_Francine_Clark_Art_Institute_Library
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