The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-05
THE LOAN EXHIBITION.
LARGE ATTENDANCE YEsrxRpAy-RARE yEwxIs
AND MIssALs.

LARGE ATTENDANCE YEsTERDAy-RARE yEWHLS
AND MIssALs.
The Loan Exhibition al the Academy OF Design AT
trsced about 1ttcen hundred people yesterday, who
hung IN admiration around ,hc OF fans. fingered
lovingly about the laces STOOD curiousy before The
cases Of jewcry and brio a-brac and gszed ongingiy
- the tapestries and stuns. There were catalogues
yesterday and the visitors made good use Of any one
they saw who looked a. though he knew about the
articles Tor numbers without do not convey any
meaning to the uniformed Mr.. vors did duty
Is catalogue in the Orc.a-orac room during part OF
she day. and answered questions than 10 be
found IN the caiccnism. shcll cameo brooch.
representing tho toilet Of Venus, by Morelli, with
black pearl pendants cut for the Empress Josephine,
has been added TO the case. loaned by MIRA j. Pier
pons Morgan. No. la, In the same case, Is .
pair OF wrnis Martin jardineres, on copper,
said 10 DO the finest specimens ever seen
In this country They arc loaned BY Mr..
Esarton !. Winthrop who s conuosseur
IN matters OF hne ART No l4' also in this case, is
two little boxes Of Japanese mixed metals, nokemi,
unusually nnc specimens, loaned by Tiffany Co. No.
l3A an Egyptian ngure. taken from the ssrcophagus
Of mummy. Il is bronze, inlnit with gold, which
inlaying makes II particularly valuable
Mr. HoE's NlssAha
Mr.. Robert Hoe, Jr.'s, collection OF missals. which
occupies large case In the mcd,rval room ~ Of
the nnest IN the country. Among It's treasures
We md an illuminated manuscript. OF The
fifteenth century upon veum and bound
In tho seventeenth century by Le Gascon In
rod morocco inlad. Contains eleven iuipage min,a-
lures, each comprising two subjects. Illuminated
manuscript written upon nno velium, with borders
anu tWenty-ni iullpage miniatures Of unusually
elaborate insh There are brdcrs 10 every uave and
hundreds OF ILLUMINATED letters huishsd in burn,shod
gold-probaby Flemish or French work OF the M.
teehth cenury-bound In morocco by I. Bedford;
mssa writton upon veilum, ny IN Italian scribe OF the
school OF JUNO Clovis, IN tho sixteenth fury,
tanning eleven upaae M natures. with Iullpage bor
ders binding IN velvet lie PASSION de Jesus Christ
illustrated by seventeen miniatures oy an Italian
artist OF tho sixecnth century and executed IN the
style OF simone Ministore book OF Horns. French
manuscript Of ns nfeenth century. W velium with
thirteen iuli page MINIATURES and ntytwo OF smaller
size. The binding II an elaborate example Of modera
Frencs vovk, being richly inlad aud ornainsnted ny
David. fteNisn mauuscripI upon vvltum, c0ntainin1
twoivc Mrgc colored suvrouadcd with rich
borders ana mauv large inia letters with
ournshsd gotd. Manuscript on velluin, with elegant
BORDERS TN several OF which tbs monOg rams l. h.
and b and numerous capnals richly illuminated IN
gold ana colors ornamcntcd with thrfeen large aud
fortysix small NINA, ures painted bv French artist In
brilliant colors heigh,encd with gold. Red morocco
binding, with arms OF the Comic d'Orvai IN gold on
the sites, fifteenth century. French manuscript
book Of Hours, written upon velIum with full page
tv ono Of hs BOURBON .ny to
dc Hs ~ found IN several Of tho borders. Bound Dy
capc Heures do pasagc DC Rome, printed upon
vciium ~ Paris BY G,llet Hardouyu with engraved
borders aud full sczed illuminated pages bound BY
ID Rome 10 Tho ssvsntecth century. Hours
elegant borders 10 which are Introducsd beasts
BIRDS Insects flowers ana fruits Printed by Pantin,
1870 "Hours Of tho Blessed virgin,n printed AT
Paris BY Guauhc Anabat about 1905 upon veun,.
Tho large engravings are Illuminated unusually
elaborate STYLE ana thore uncoorcd borders, old
ornameptal binding, with tho naino OF Marguerite
Aubrey stamped on the sides THIS rs considered u
unique copy oil the work. La The next case
are beautifully illuminated music manu-
SCRIPT, and other Illuminated works. bount
by Mr. ID. Maitland Armstrong; ana =
Latin Bibo Of 1872, losned by ME z. l.. Henry, the
ARTIST In this rs curious old Spanish cabinet,
decorated IN red and gold anu ned with
ers, made bcure the conquest Notwithstanding It's
rcacnng from the middle which is generally supposed
to DO an invention OF tho nineteeatn century. Tuis
cabinet 10 loaned by Major T. X. GibnG
h tttf ADMISSION PRICES t
The price OF adm ssion 10 this exhibition 10 only
twenty-five cents, 80 that by vis,ing II one may get
tborAlart education for very email sum Of money
The exhibition viii be open every day from nino A. NJ
the evening The catalogues will ready by noon
day.
TuK DECORATIVE SOCIETY.
Since September Is the Society Of Decorative Art
has received IT ITS salcsrooni No. East Twentieth
street 800 packages containing from one 10 tweuly
articles making an aggregate OF about dvs thousand
obcctA Durng the nrst month tho secretary Reports
not bong up the stapdasd Of Sue socrsty Although
weru u tds VITA tsxrvs she oemmst1a
fclt thai the plan worKod woiI IS THE nber
OF articles rejected during the second month
to only aDout ono-han showing an evident I'm prove
mcnt tho quality OF the work offered for adm a.,
and an appreciation OF tho CRITICISMS made Dy this
committee forwarded to contributors by tho corps OF
been responded 10 with warm thanks for the coue0-
tionaI hints contained in them.