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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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arm is thrown the cloakas if hastily picked up at the sudden summons. The face wears a look of deter-mination—the look of one who is ready to do and die if need be—and thesculptor has given with rare art a loftiness, a look almost of prophesy to theexpression. Our next engraving is from an exhibit made by a Philadelphia firm, whohave had the products of their factories in every one of the great exhibitionswhere their work, by its beauty and finish, as well as its artistic design, has alwaysattracted great attention. But Cornelius & Sons, the firm of whom we arespeaking, quite outdo themselves in the quality of the work they have preparedfor exhibition in this our first great International Exposition. The illustrationwe give on the next page is in every respect a work of art. It is a seventy-two-light Chandelier of Lacquer gilt in imitation of fine unalloyed gold. Instyle it is Greco-Medieval. The arcs springing from the central globe and 20 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876.
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Chandelier : Cornelius 6» Sons, Philadelphia. INDUSTRIAL ART. 21 supporting- the highly ornate fixtures, are surmounted by grotesques, intro-duced with excellent effect. All the proportions of this beautiful piece of workhave been carefully studied, and the result is before us in this illustration,—oneof the most graceful and harmoniously arranged specimens of this famous firmsproductions which we have seen. From the fine collection exhibited by the Meriden Britannia Company, wehave selected for illustration the beautiful Epergne, destined, doubtless, someday to adorn the board of some lover of true art. Nothing adds so much tothe effect of a handsomely-arranged table, spread for a feast, as the gracefulcentre-piece, which should be the most attractive, as well as elaborate, piece oftable ornament present. But an ornament such as this is not intended to beadmired only in the dining-room ; in the library, in the parlor, or in the drawing-room it is equally appropriate. Tn*ere, its v

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