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Title: The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886 Smith, Walter Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
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this style of ornamentation spread toEurope, and thence over the civilized world. We see examples of it every dayin the ordinary decorations of our walls and houses and in the ornamentationof our vessels in common use. Painters and sculptors find it of the greatestassistance in making effective frameworks for their productions. Raphaelsfamous Arabesques in the Vatican will be recalled by many of our readers; andthe use made by Kaulbach, quite recendy, of some of these forms in his frescopaindng is familiar to many. Ior the cabinet-maker a knowledge of the bestspecimens of these beautifully artistic designs is of great advantage. No bettertreatment of precious woods in marqueterie has been found than to follow, or,rather, to learn from, the forms designed by the old Arabians. Beaudful as isthe exact imitadons by the Florendnes and Indians of natural objects such as 24 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. birds, lowers, etc., their copies, as a rule, show poverty of Invention; whe reas,
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Cabinet: G. Parms, Cairo, £gypi. the Moorish work, while sufficiently conventionalized, shows a freedom frommannerism and richness of fancy that can hardly be too highly commended. INDUSTRIAL ART. 25 Our next illustrations are from a region the antipodes of Egypt in climateand character. The terra-cotta manufactories of Copenhagen are amontr itschief attractions; and the Widow Ipsens great establishment is one of thoseto which all travellers pay their respects, and from which they bring back tlie

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