The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13
MORNING, 49,
MONUMENTAL ART,
Remarkable Progress Of the Art-The
Rutland Monumental Works-The Ma
terial Used and tho Finished Work
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| Remarkable Progress Of the Art-The
| Rutland Monumental Works-The Ma
| terial Used and tho Finished Work
The System Of Labor and other Details.
The erection Of stone monuments to
mark the resting place of tho dead COM
mcnced in prehistoric ages. Among the
oldest relics of human haudicraft, of un-
known origin, are tho sculptured stone
tombs that remain after all traces of the
names even they were intended to perpetu-
ate have passed from the face OF the earth.
Notwithstanding the antiquity of monu-
mental sculpture the present generation has
seen a remarkable advance in the art. Ia
our older cemeteries, stones smo0,hed but
on one side speak of primitive times not
far back. 1t is within the memory Of the
present generation that wagons traversed
the country loaded with marble slabs
which were sold, lettered and set up by
the vendors az they passed from place to
place. What n number Of wagons would
be required 10 transport even sample mon
uments Of modern sslesfoom.
The first Use OF lime stone and marble,
SO lar as known, was for morluary pur-
poses. The tombs of the Pyremids, as
well as those monuments Themselves, arc
of lime stone, and its Use there anti-date, ii
| is believed, any other use of this material.
| The famous quarries OF Mount Pentelicus,
near Athens, is furnishing the marble for
| the Parthenop--the ruins of which still ex-
ist-and for many tombs and statues Of an
cient Greece, furnished monument for
people and secured them lasting reYer-
| ence.
THE RUTLAND MONUMENTAL WORKS.
The great belt of metamorphic rocks ex-
istng in Vermont supplying the finest
quality of lime stone and marble, offered
the opportunity for the enterprise of Mr..
George F. White, proprietor of the Rut-
| land monumental works, to build up in the
course of thirty years, one of the oldest,
largest and best conducted monumental es-
tablishments to be found in the United
States, If not in the world. During tho
past year the excellent work turned out by
this establishment has found patrons in
fourteen different states OF the Union, and
the demands upon it from every direction
even the far west, ia constantly increasing.
THE MATERIAL USED.
Vermont marble, however, Is not by any
means Inc only material used by MI
White. Every variety Of stone suitable
for monumental purposes is handled ut his
works. Italian marble, easily distinguished
from American marble by its fine thread
like, colored veins, is largely required and
extensively imported by him. OF GRANTEES
he has the Quincy, Concord, Frilzwil-
liam, Milton, Westerly, Chester, Randolph,
Clark's Island, Maine, and other American
varities, beside the Scotch, English and
f.;n nl, h. ~,
also imports finished statuary that can be
procured much cheaper in Italy than here.
OF the Vermont marbles, the Rutland,
Sutherland Falls, Isle La Motto in Lake
Champlaip, and other qusrries supply him.
The quarrics within few miles of his
Rutland works, however, furnish marble
If every grade, from the statuaIy, that for
delicate texture, purity of Wilderness and
large, sound blocks, is quite as beautiful as
the marble Of Carrara, Italy, to the breccla-
Ted variety, showing light and dark mourn.
ing veins. The Sutherland Falls marble ia
particslsrlyss recommended for durability
and unfading color.
THE FINISHED WORK on HAND.
1t is not possible, in the limits of ihif
notice, to give the reader any conception
of the finished work on hand. 1t embraces
collection of hundreds of different speci
mems Of monumental art, from the small
tablet to the tall obelsk, and from designs
that are severely PLAIN to some Of the finest
cbiseling OF the sculptor. OF small tab
lets. srusiic crosses, etc., there seems an al.
most endless device. Many Of the Got
iege Monuments" are exceedingly fine
Some plain, or slightly ornamental attract
from the purity and beauty of The material
Oilers are executed in exquisite taste, e
| In ct, >fe tieto al ,nI; nj
cut in design, graceful in sculptured lines
and solid in proportions. A double NOR IL
ment IN dark mourning vein maj ble-twC
pillars resting on a solid base ard support
ing an arched cap, surmounted by an urn
was finished for shipping, and presented {
snowy appearance A monument repre-
sentiug the arch of G ruin. clad with ivy
WAS executed with remarkable fidelity. OF
statuary monuments, we noticed u finely
executed figure Of samuel, the prayer
boy" which Ieprese nts to perfection intan
tile innocence and devotion. The image
was of one solid piece with the plnlh Of
which it knecled Mr.. White has also
fine marble, cut in Italy ami imported by
him--a full-Nzed statue, 'Hope"--a trma
figure in Roman drapery, her left hant
resting on tie anchor and her right hant
pointing heavenward. This kind of work
as before remarked, can be imported at lea
cost than it can be wrought here
THE COLUMN AND oBELIsK
monuments are mostly made Of grant,
and Mr.. White usually has them cut ant
shipped direct from the quarries. A
Quincy, Mass, he employees ever large
number of men than in the Rutland yard
: Among the work now 10 progress at tn
former place is an obelsk monument, egh
feet square and thirty feet high, which will
? cost $4,000, aud is being manufactured
n for parties in Rochester, New York. Blu
, there are fine specimens of monuments il
, the various GRANTEES AZ the Rutland yard
!. Some Of these are so hard rs to appea
1 practically ndistruotible, it being impos
sible 10 scratch or deiace the polished sur
;. face with the sharpest steel weapon.
r THE SYSTEM OF LABOR.
( The secret of Mr.. Whites success In tn
! Rutland monumental works lies not onl
in the superior material 30 close at hand
and the location being AZ point iron
which railroads go direct to Boston, t
New York, to the west and to Montreal
h but to the employment of skilled artisan
and the system of labor adopted. TIL
!. Rutland manufactory has four spaciou
4 rooms, the cutting room, rubbing room
: ware.room and packing room, forming
square with the Office in the center, Out
:, looking into each department. Thes
t rooms are large, well warmed, lighted an,
n ventilated. The labor of each workman
confined to that particular branch of whic
= he most excells. By this system of class
ficatlons, cutters are kept at cutting, cal
II vers at carving, polishers at polishing an
n letterers at lettering, and so on. This sys
= TEN with the machinery employed secure
i a superior class of work at the lowest DO:
sible cost.
DESIGNING AND PHOTOGRAPHIC.
o A craftsman, an excellent artist, is ker
q constantly employed in preparing new de
signs and reproducing necessary copies c
h drawings and tracngs required In the bus
v ness. An especial feature deserving mer
| L. tha alan nd Of 4.