The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-04
EXHIBIT OF AUSTRIA AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

The de ,orative art section OF Austria
In the Liberal Arts Building in Jackson
Park now presents a brilliant and com
| plete appearance. The situation OF the
Austrian exhibit Is one OF the most ad-
yautageous in the building. The gold
| and white arch that forms its entrance
way constitutes an imposing architectu-
raj feature. The Austrian industrial
arts best known in America are those
| of glass and porcelain. Glass making
has been successfully carried on by arti-
sans Of different sections Of Austria for
nearly seven hundred years. The
| Bohemians have always excelled both in
designs and in the art OF coloring glass.
The showing of glass by this country
is comprised Of an endless variety both
of sha g and establishment. Engrav-
ed glass is among the novelties re-
introduced by these clever craftsmen.
! The simple white glass is a great relief,
coming as it has after the general use
OF glass ornately decorated and often
too highly colored. The engraving Is
traced on the outer surfaces and cut
from the back of the glass. The cut
ting is exquisite. The missions are SO
deeply male that the effect from the
front surface is that OF a beautifully
modelled object. There are loving
cups, and plaques which are decorated
by hand with the Austrian coat-of-arms
and other devices; gooletsand tankards
enameled with punches OF flowers;
opalescent and Opaque examples, with
projecting knobs bent round the body
Of the object. There is a very conceiv-
able graduation of toning. The Bohe-
milan glass is a color study. The sea
greens, ~violets, blush greens, nmbers,
canary yellows, emerald green's. rose,
ruby, coppers dark and light, cobalt
blues, combined with gilt and enamels,
are endless in variety and shape. The
Venetian notion of coloring has been
largely introduced. Several specimens
are quite as lovely as anything given us
by S~slviati.
A beautiful pitcher shaped vase OF
ultra. marine blue is one of the finest
color examples in the Austrian glass
collection. 1t consists of three distinct
layers of glass, which produces great
brilliancy OF color and glaze. There is
o vase on which has been laid q thin
skin of colored material on M side
and by means of skillful grinding the
color has been removed, leaving a
transparent pattern on the closed
ground. The collection displayed is
very large and exquisitely beautiful.
The great mandatory of Vienna
porcelain, which dates from 1920, pro-
huces many wonderful specimens oil
workmanship. Their gold work, both
fiat and raised, has attained high per-
lection. The porcelain factories Of all
countries have sought to follow these
workers in gold, but it Is doubtful If
Lhe work done by these Vienna por-
re1aIn artisans has been %equalled. The
porcelains OF Austria are famous for
their deep blues, garnet and violet reds.
red being the color universally used by
ITEM. The prevailing decoration is
that of allegorical figures and stories
painted in plateau or medallion effects;
The figures are well modelled and the
paintings usually executed with artistic
excellence. They manufacture every
known article for table use and deco
rative purposes-porcelsin painted
clocks, dainty bonbon boxes, CANDLE
sticks, jardinieres and lamps. Their
embellishments in relief are excellent.