The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-02

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products might not be confused with
those of-Irs rival, insisted that the
ISABEL, made IN Germany be at.
tached to all exhibits Of the Latter
Thus did France give Germany
by-word the world over.
The Industrial art exhibition that is
being shown at the National Museum
develops the fact that America has
some factory products OF which snei
may well feel proud There are the
tapestries, for instance. Tie wearing;
of tapestries is an art that has
CHANGED little from the days Of an-l
scient Egypt The same hand looms
are used that. played their part IN
those distant days. Albert Herter.
well known as a painter and murat
decorator. Is largely responsible for
the revival Of tapestry weaving IN
America That Industry, ceptertng
around New York city. is prodtctnSt
materials as good as are made any-l
where in the world.
In work in ornamental iron the
United States takes the lead In door,
plates. gratings. andirons. lamp POSTS
ornamental fences. the products OF
the American mills are most adm1ra-l
bic. The development OF artistic iron
work was at its height in the days
of the Renaissance. and was then used
most effectively. The old MASTER
pieces are reproduced nowadays, and
new designs fitted to modern uses
have been developed. Most impress
sive specimens of art objects in iron
are shown at the exhibition IN WASH
ington-
Cut glass is peculiarly an Ameri-
can art Europeans do not go In
for cut glass. AS it is an article that
has been originated in America ana
finds its chief market here, 50 has It's
manufacture been chiefly limited toll
this side of the ocean. This leaves
the artist-artisan in this peculiar IN
dustry practically without rival.
The manufacturers Of pottery and
china has been developed to its most
effective showing in France and Eng
land. Yet there is a great deal of
1T turned out in America There are
mills in New Orleans and Connect
cut; In Colorado and New jersey
vet Ohio produces most of it. One
Iof the great English manufacturers
recently stated that Europeans had
no cause to fear the American pro-
ducers with the exception of single
plant which he mentioned and which,
he said, made as good pottery as any
body in the world
It is claimed of the Amer
no has
within him desire to fur
nfsh his establishment in ac-
cordance with artistic taste 1t is ln1-
possible that the average man should
know the detail of how to accomplish
that this end. For a single living
room, there is the matter of tables.
chairs. rugs, curtains, wall hanglngs,
sculpture, pictures. are objects he
must have advice as TO details and
is no mean task to execute single
room properly
A committee of the american Fed
Grafton of Arts determined to furnish
a model room with the products of
American factories as part of the
Exhibition at the national museum.
lit called upon the manufacturers to
contribute the different details The
furniture came from certain group
| of manufacturers, the drapery silks
were woven by the mills that were
considered to take the lead in that
line, the rugs of Persian design We're
from another source, fabri1e glass
vases appear in colorful effects on the
tall mantle. The color scheme of the
room is in brown and tans. The pic
lures on the walls are by American
IpainterS and the screens are EN- broid-
Tered by American women Lamp
shades are of parchment, shedding a
mellow glow through the pig skin To
him who wants living room for an
ambitious establishment here is a
model that 1t might be wise to copy.
The best authorities consider it the
lcorrect setting forth of what such an
apartment in an American home
should be-
It is claimed that the present sit
uation should prove to be of ultimate
great benefit to America The fact
that the United States has not dew
1 e1oped industrial art independence
| is not attributed to lack Of artistic
sense, but to the fact that what was
needed might be easily obtained in
Europe. With the source OF designs
removed, it is expected that the pos
s1bility of its competent creation in
America will soon be forthcoming
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