The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 (1876) (14780072574)

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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

Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Ornamental Tiles: Mwtoit, HoUins 6^ Co., London. the decorative skill employed upon them includes the draughtsman of simpleeeometric fieures and the artist learned in the use of pitrments. t> o Jo On pages 418 and 419 are illustrations of Ornamental Tiles, selectedfrom the small but choice display made by Messrs. Minton, Hollins & Co., ofLondon, at the Centennial. The examples on page 418 include specimens oftiles suitable for wall and floor decoration, as well as finer grades, designed forjardinieres, mantle ornamentation and such like purposes. One set of four tiles 420 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. is decorated with a pretty bit of painting after nature, representing a group ofwater-lilies and grasses and a brightly plumaged bird darting down upon thewater.

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The arrangement of the tile patterns on page 419, so as to make a pleasing-group, .shows how kaleidoscopic, if we may be allowed the comparison, arethe combinations which any one can make to suit his fancy. Around the INDUSTRIAL ART. 421

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