The New York herald., 1877-12-07
THE LOAN EXHIBITION.
LARGE ArrrxDAxcE-sxvRrs AND crows
DERBY.

LARGE ArTrxDAxcE-sxvREs AND cEows
DERBY
The people Of Nee York and neigh boring cities
10 realize wnAs rare opportunity they have Of
seeing art treasures the Loan Exhibson nov open
at the Academy o. Dsslgn Tho psios Of sdmlssion
80 very low that poor people can AFFORD the lux
ury. and there many persons vbo come every day
Tue attendance yesterday vas very igss. up~ari OF
two thousand persons having visited the ACADEMY
during the day and eysnlnz The opening Of the
oyphant collection Of pictures. which have already
been described in the HERALD, In the nortn
an additional attraction last evening aud the Academy
has seldom looked more bright and beautiful The
brc-a-brac tho most crowded, Tor tue reason.
perhaps that Il offers such variety OF attractions.
Tho cabinet of Sevrcs is one OF the most admired
things this room. the par Of ssvrss bsiong-
ing TO Louis XVI and painted 70 commsmcra.e the
birth OF the Dauphin, loaned BY Mrx ID. Hosaes. ex-
citing particular attention. Nine. dc PsmpAdour
WAS one OF the admirers Of sevrcs porce
lain before the factories we're removed that
town, and her porsrais adorss some Of tho hand.
soonest vases. II tho fashion In the days
OF the LOUIS the gentlemcn Of tho arstecrscy 10
have portraits OF mistressss paintsd
IN this manner. and many honest WHO mas thus
wittingy admired the beauty OF nor rival the
vases in her boudoir. When the factories Tor ths
porcelain were removed from viDeennes 10 sevres
Louis XIV. purch the entire control of tho, and
a royal decree issued forbiddina any person TO
make porcelain. plain painted, giIded not with
Ieei sculpture. flowers hgurss. The best procura-
bic artists became sevrcs decorators and the factory
attained IT'S highest success under the direction
oi Alexander Bronguart The prices pad
tor sevros have always bnon enormous. Tho
most celebrated service OF tlis ware aas made for
Catherine H. OF Russia and cost 5000 000 few pieces
OF which navo found their way INTO private coec-
tions One pate o, tins service, sold al Baron ih-
bous sale in 1878 400 francs. Mrs. hosacks
decorated by Dodln, one OF the m"si la
nous painters porcelain. N rs Barlows ysscs.
Which are in the same caoinet, rodcrn make,
and although they very fine the observer VIII
al once how much moro delicate are the coiors snd
richer gilumg he antiques. The Sevres
loaned by Mrs. J. kcafney Rodgers IS
The plaquo Of old Sevres or soft PASTE loaned by
MIR. Egerlon L. Winthrop, dated 1856, was decorated
uy faillander. and was one OF the FIRST pieces made
alter the removal OF the factories evres from Vin
cennes. There other excellent specimens Of
sevres in this cabinet loaned by Miss Wilkes, Miss
Another curious and expensive ware, Of which Dr.
johnson complained that II cost as mucn saver Is
the lower shelf OF tue cabinet with the sevre loaned
by MRS. Ncwbold. ihls IS Engiish ware, and gets It's
title, crown from the TACT that crown was adopted
Il i77s 'f'as"''A ''s' ''s- ''' 'n' l4'''''
one direct result OF this exhibition is only
prove the public taste but 10 awaken an interest IN
objects OF ART We young lady yesterday mark
ing hef catalogue and heard her say 70 her companion,
II mean hnd out all about these wares when 80
home y Wnen she opens the Encyclopaedia or her
she VIII know better OF what she s read
ing from having seen specimens OF the different wares
than she nothing but engraved reprod uctions,
matter how aood for Illustrations Then,
again, take tho jewel In that the VISITOR
viii lind spec mems OF tue godsmith's arr Of
three thousand years ago down 10 Tho present
day when mauy OF the old designs have bccn revived.
The twenty pieces OF ola Egyptian jcwery taken
iron the sarcophagus OF IN unnIies modern
Egyptian silver bracelets aud necklaces, aud can
500 tLal although tho antques are tnu simpler IN
form that simplicity IL sill observed Ia the de-
signs. he Workmanship oi the modern pieces Is
just honest ana thorough as IL was three thousand
years ago Observe, ii you please The rivets IN that
necklace; 1t looks as though u was meant 70
last tor generations, Will Labor s cheap
In Egypt does cost 81 there 20 make pair
OF bracelets tbat New York jcweller wouid charge
$3.50 Tor. Crossing tue room we come 70 Mr.. Primes
cauiuet OF teucupa IL one chose he could spend a
whole day IN studying this one collection. There
some seventeen dIffereDt wares represented
there, and these among the best specimens OF
them. The way TO do Is to buy season ticket and
tho exhibition every day NO ono who wants to
his or her tastes could 10 1t any other
way SO well and Ior liltic. sfetesHf0s 9ls-E
Considerable annoyar was occasion ned during the
evening from the TACT that visitors VINO passed out Of
the ioem door into tue corrdcr we're not
allowed To return again, as the Olypnant pictures
free exhibition IN the south room, and II was
feared that non-iicket holding people might get IN.
As many of the tapestries are IN ths corridor thus
proved great nuisance and IL is very hard TO mako
the people understand why they cannot return; but
there seems holp or H. unless Tho visitors " tne
collection visit the south room either as they
enter leave the building. IL 10 proposed TO make
Monday evenings gala OCCASIONS charging nifty cents
Tor ticket aud havings band 0f music course or
OF the Academy Of Design for the benefit OF tho
Society Of Decorative Arr They will be gwen on
Wednesdays Saturdays during the month, and the
first will be delivered by Professor Wier. On today
week Mr. Marshall q. Roberta VIII throw open hts gal
lery public Tor the hrst time, ior tho benefit Of
and the Academy oil Design, price 81 each. The
gallery Mr. Roberts house, No l07 Fifth avenue,
and viii De open from eleven A NJ until iour 7. NJ.