Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-07-18
irALY's PAVILION.

is worth esOO In addition to the statue. a
vase Of white and sienna marble, only
three feet high. r. worth ti.oO0 for every
foot Of It's altitude. Some remarkable
combinations Of marble and bronze are
shown. The head, arms and feet OF q
negro girl are of bronze. while the drapery
Il fashioned Of two distinct marbles, but
all 20 deftly Joined that the whole looks ~
II Il was carved out OF one piece. II pug
sles one TO understand how marble drap-
cry could be wrapped about bronze .ou.d.
srs without break.
The laces are most fascinating to tho
women visitors, and the man who cannot
take interest In these glorious creations Of
the needle has no art In his soul. Some Of
the most beautiful things In this exposi.
ton are fabrics, and here II is that COM
merce commands art and makes OF her .
worthy handmaiden. But OF all the
fabrics, the Gobelin tapestries not ex-
cepted, the Venetian lscss are the loyeliest.
A Venetian firm has erected here large
pavilion for display Of its laces. The struc-
turc itself Il of lace, at least In It's snowy
part. Within are laces ranging In value
from 2 cents TO ti 900 yard. The cheaper
laces approximate machine manufacture,
being i.lade with bobbin. and really ars
not as flns N our American or the Euro
pean machine-mads stuff. The finer lases
are all made with needle. and yard Of
the thousand dollar lace II said to have oc-
cupied the time Of one woman for three
years.
The iace.makers Of Venice are fairly
born into the trade, spend their lives In 10
aud die In II. There are photographs here
which show the women at their work,
nearly always On the galleries In front OF
their suburban houses. A agirl the lace
maker earns perhaps e0cents day. When
she is able % take up the finer work she
may earn from 10 to 80 cents, and ~ q
masterworkman, 40 TO speak. her stipend
will be co cents day. The firm making
this exhibit employs over 400 women.
Here are exquisite little doylies, about
six inches square, selling at A.O each.
A table cloth and q dozen napkins 20
match are marked $50, and are cheap at
that figure. Three and half yards OF
flounce asd two aAd half yards Of mar.
rover edginy to match, six yards alto
gsther, are worth 200. A pair OF EN-.
broideried curtains, draped over an Inn
provised window. have value OF $50.
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polychrome lace, body Of black and all the
colors and tints Of the rainbow are woven
Into Il.
There are many other lines Of work In
which the Italians show their patience,
their true art instinct, their lightnsss Of
touch. Their mosaics are marvellous.
Many ornamental pieces Of furniture are
Of ebony inlaid with silver. gold or Other
material. The workmanship II elaborate
snd intricat,, but the result is not allur.
Ing to the american taste. More interest.
ting are tho specimens Of flowers, portraits
and fgurrs produced by inlaying colorrd
marbles I'm slab Of white. The effect IL
like that Of u good oil painting. The art
ist often spends month. II Is said. looking
for q single piece OF marble, perhaps no
larger than finger nail. which las Just
the tint wanted for q particular place.
These are the famous Florentine mOsaics.
In front Of the Italian pavilion, which u
one Of the most beautiful I'm the building.
are seen two new aud notable pieces OF art
tile work. They are mosaics In majoliA
ware, made by Neapolitan. ALE Mollica
by name One picture n q great Roman
scene, composed Of sixty panels, each
weighing fourteen pounds, and the value
Of the whole Is SsO.0O. Each panel. after
being painted, has TO be burned and
burned, many times over before II takes
ON the color desired. 4 small piece Of this
work the artist sold to the royal family OF
Greece for ts,OO.
The Italians have here only i0.0O squire
feet Of surface, but they have made OF that
small section garden which blooms with
art and fills all the surroundings with the
aroma Of its high aspiration and won.
dsrful achievement.
WALIER WKLINAN.