FUKNCII i:\IIIBlTION. 



848 



Hi the locomotive machine, exhibited 



ant and Co., i-t a good -representation. 



From their superior wood-cutting machines and 



i In- American- derive great advai.' 

 Austria, Belgium, Denmark, 1'ru-Mn, K 

 and Spain, were fairly represented in joinery 

 and cabinet-work. The French joiners seem to 

 have still retained the style of the lifteonth Cen- 

 tury. The framing is mortised and tenoned, hut, 

 .ell litted; instead of properly gluing and 

 'ng, they only pin their framing together. 

 British joinery, for style and strength of work, 

 holds a very fair place, although she has 

 to import the materials of the joinery trade 

 from America, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Prus- 

 sia, Spain, Hindustan, Australia, etc. 



The hand-made laces are of surpassing beau- 

 ty in the French department; the intricacy 

 and perfect following out of the leaves and 

 flowers of various plants, introduced into the 

 de-igns, are very delicate and truthful. The 

 total number of lace-makers is estimated at 

 200,000 women and girls. They are for the 

 part peasant-women, who all, without 

 exception, work at their own homes. The 

 machine-made lace*) are of a very high charac- 

 ards quality of material and de- 

 sign. The various laces exhibited by the Bel- 

 gians are equal to the French in design, 

 the point d'Alencon and Valenciennes being 

 il'nl specimens of that class of goods. 

 The hand-made laces of Great Britain, con- 

 sisting chiefly of collars, cuffs, toilet-covers, 

 etc., are very good in design. Ireland sends 

 some very neat and pretty specimens of tatting 

 and point laces. There are 4,300 lace-machines 

 in England, 3,000 of which are in Nottingham. 

 The ribbons, as a whole, are artistic in de- 

 sign, harmonious in color, and perfect in work- 

 manship. No painter ever put color on can- 

 vas, and made those- colors appear like real 

 fruit or flowers, with bloom and' every variety 

 of tint, with more success than have the varied 

 artisans engaged in this trade done. The pro- 

 ductions are perfect specimens of their kind, in 



tin- artist bag brought all bis varied 

 power to imitate nature in form, tli 

 in hue and color, and the artisan i: 

 and skill, to work tlio whole and man a 



. \u-tria shows a variety of n 

 in bright colors and chaste designs. (Jn-at Brit- 

 ain has an humble show of |>lain and -lightly 

 fancy goods, very good in color and wor!. 

 ship. Within a radius of fifteen miles around 

 St. Etienne there are about 20,000 looms, 19,000 

 of which \vere the property of the workmen; 

 10,000 undertakers, 1,000 journeymen, and 

 several hundred manufacturers. One loom of 

 six spaces had eleven tiers of shuttles; two 

 900 machines and 18,000 cards tn make the 

 pattern. The hand could only make half a 

 yard per day. 



The wood-carviny of the French is not equalled 

 by other nations. Design, as shown in the plan 

 and construction, is of the best, so that, carving 

 and good design are intimately associated to- 

 gether. The great want of the English is good de- 

 signs something that shall not be an unmean- 

 ing jumble a more intelligent direction in car- 

 rying them out a liberal use of thoroughly 

 modelled works to be reproduced in the wood. 

 The works of Italy entitle her to claim very 

 high honors in this competition. Great taste 

 is shown in the application of the art to many 

 purposes. The number of works exhibited is 

 large, and much of the carving excellent and 

 very suggestive. The Swiss work turned out 

 does not consist of masterpieces, but a great deal 

 of it is pleasing, and suited to a popular taste. 

 There are a few specimens of old wood-carv- 

 ings, some of them displaying great abilities in 

 conception and execution. Some specimens 

 of church decoration of the middle ages show 

 great perfection, not merely as specimens of 

 carved decoration, but showing to what pur- 

 poses the art was then applied ; some of these 

 pieces contain subjects of the highest order. 



The following are the exhibitors from this 

 country who have received medals or diplomas 

 of honorable mention : 



Pianos. 



~., ^ _. ~ ...its' furnitu 

 ments. Artificial teeth. 

 The Arm Manufacturing Industry of the United States. 



GRAND PRIZES. GOLD -MEDALS. 



Field, Cyrus W., the Anglo-American Co., N. Y. Steinway & Sons, N. Y. Pianos. 



K Transatlantic Telegraph. rring & Sons, N. Y. und Ma.ss. Pianos. 



Hughes, David E., N. Y. Printing Telegraph. White, S. S., Pa. Dentists' furniture and instru- 



The United States Sanitary Commission. Material ments. Artificial teeth. 

 OMd in the war of 1861. 



