Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-14
LOAN EXHIBITION.
WHAT rs To BE SEEN AT TIE ART LOAN
EXHIBITION AT SAN FRANCISCO
Fiae Paintings aces Relics strange
Old and Odd Goods-Some of
the Curious Things
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dressed people passing to aud fro, its soft
music, its pictures on the walls. and its
bric.a-brac and art needIework on every
hand Ii has been visited by a great many
eager and earnest people, as well as by
many who have not, and never can have, a
proper appreciation Of the rare and the
beautiful, because 1t has been denied them
o. nature. wish the people were all
catalogued," whispered young girl the
other evening, g / want so much to know
who they are, and liked her air of hon.
est curiosity, much better than the manner
of the woman with an Indian shawl draping
her shoulders, who surveyed the cases with
the glance of one accustomed to all luxu-
ries in the way of china and tapestry. q
amt seen anything here but what I've seen
before, she remarked once, and as looked
after her | wondered whlch one of the
mighty names we know so we'll she owned.
While there has been q good deal OF dress
IN attendance, for once mere dress has been
in the foreground.
THE DANTIEsT VISITOR
1 have yet seen is young girl with a fresh,
bright face, who wears dark suit, a mus.
lin necktie and some roses in her hat.
When one enters the art rooms the eye
takes in at once quantities OF treasures,
and some moments elapse before it can
CONF steadily down to work. | went at
once to the lace exhibit, being somewhat
;,k - ha+ i
some of it very beautiful 1t lay in glass
cases-some of it In the piece, some OF it
worked into various articles. A white lace
parsol, with handle of lapis lazuli set
with rubies, was loaned by Mrs. ex.Gov-
ernor +. 4. Low A honiton vail and a
Chantiily shawl, one loaned by Mrs. L. L.
Baker, the other by Mrs. Talbot, are Of
fine workmanship and fchu of Point
d'Alencon, sownea by Mrs H. j. Booth, is
exquisite, out it makes ones heart ache to
read its label Twenty years in man
ufacture." A lady came TO the managers
{ with piece of lace which she claimed
was worn by Martin Luther, but she val
ued it so highly that she declined to leave
it unless she was insured against its loss in
the sum of 5000, and the managers al
| lowed her to take it away. Two pieces of
narrow white lace, loaned by Mrs. H. B.
| Williams, are exquisite in.their extensive
tineness. Some specimens of lovely old
rose Venetian point, raised work, also of
lold Alencon point, are owned by Mrs.
George Derby Welles. a sample of round
point, belonging to Mrs. Davidson, was
medaled at the Vienna Expedition,
and a Chantilly one, which took
the prize at the Paris Exposition,
is loaned by Mrs. Refs. There are ex-
quisite pieces OF Valenciennes, of Spanish
! blonde and the various points which are
studies in themselves, and to monoma-
MAC in lace the art in their manufacture
exceeds all other art as applied to ornamen-
tation. La the same room with the laces
are various hideous curiosities from Alaska,
loaned by the Alaska Fur Company, con-
sisting of idols, spears, shields, cooking
utensils and things OF that SORT It seems
like the two extremes to take feN steps
from this exhibit and come upon
MAGNIFICENT TABLE
Done in the very highest style. Itbelongs
to D. ]. Oliver, and is OF gilt bronze and
inlaid with Sevres. In the center is por-
trait of the fourteenth French Louis, and
in tie circle about this, each facing out
ward, are miniatures of celebrated French
women. TSo flower pieces done IN water
colors, by Theresa Hegg, loaned by Mrs.
| Dan. Cook, l singled out from the display
as being Of especial beauty, and after
| circling the rooms returned to them again
to admire the marvellous thinning and color
OF the delicate blossoms aping at nature so
| faithfully. Even the handful of fine
threaded moss hanging upon the spray was
infinitely and beautifully true. Charles
| Crocker and w. c. Talbot loan flower
pieces also by the same hand. Models of
the gates of the Alhambra, beautifully
carved in ivory, belong to Mrs. George
Hearst. The carving 10 exceedingly fine,
/ the Moorish character of the work being
exactly copied after the famous originals.
| have never seen a finer
ARRAY or PICTURES
Than in this collection. The coloring seems
to possess a strange, new and life-like tint,
and you look at proper trees and cattle,
and not the pictures of them. One called
1.-THE Tourists, loaned by Charles Crocker,
will show you what 1 mean. The picture
is modern scene, and represents young
SOu PIC S-s-tAlil8 bSiOlc al GuhIdICe, IOliOH-
! ing the guide book as they study it. Upon
their track, and as il scenting prey, came
a crowd OF beggsrs, in all conditions OF
skin and bone. The gentleman is oblivous
to them, but the lady's face, half shaded
| by its lace vail, turns toward the observer,
and she drops an aims in the small palm of
a little girl. An old man comes next,
/ dirty-so dirty you can almost scent his
| rags-aud his spears of hair are fixed scant-
lily on his head, just as old mems hair is.
| Then distressed woman, with bandker-
chief over her head ; and there, too, is the
naturalness of it, for any woman must look
woe-begone when she ties handkerchief
round under her chin. She carries baby
in her arms, and round that baby hung a
pnthos which shut out the rest OF the pic
ture. Its little, bony arm hung Imply
down its mothers back, it's wretched head
lay upon her shoulder and its blue, pinched
features and closed eyes made it the en-
bodiment of want and suffering. Oh !!
who could have chosen to put such misery
into even picture of baby's face? Who
could have the heart to study such pale,
little creature. Who could have dwelt
upon it day after day in the Imagination,
and worked the horror out with strokes of
brush and not have it haunt the memory
ever after? Another picture | wouldn't
own for anything is called ''The Christian
Martyr"
A PALE WOMAN
Comes down the picture so far to the front
another step must bring her beyond the
frame. and her hands in mockery are
crossed upon her breast, tied so with ropes.
A man with a sort of rake hauls away the
dead body of another martyr beside her
path, and rude attendant pushes her
along with his great hand upon her delicate
shoulder. The cages of the blood fed ami.
mails lie at her right hand, and a great,
striped, hungry tiger puts out his nose to.
ward her from his bars. She never turns
her head, but with the fascination of terror
her eyes are drawn to the beast. Oh, it is
horrible, too horrible The picture is from
Governor Stanford's collection, as is also