The World's Columbian Exposition 1893. Chicago, U.S.A. 1893
Official Catalogue With Illustrations issued by the Royal Danish Commission

MANUFACTURES BUILDING (1800—1890), to take a most prominent instance; and not before the mo- dern international movement has it been infused with fresh blood. A num- ber of younger artists, more or less affected by the fine and pensive art of Japan, are trying to give Danish works of art industry an individual stamp. From olden time the Danish industry of artistic f urniture has been con- spicuous by its able working out of even the smallest particulars. Trust- worthy and reliable to the utmost it has identified itself with the above- named quiet antiquarian Renaissance style, and, as shown at the International Exposition in Vienna in 1873, fine results have been obtained in that direction. It, too, has been affected, however, by the more modern de- velopment, as is still more the case with the Danish jeweller’s art. This was evident, f. 1., last year at Denmarks great celebration of the golden wedding of its popular Royal Couple. Among the large number of gifts that were presented on that occasion, was a mighty silver centre piece with corresponding candelabra illustrating the legend of the arrival of king Skjold to Denmark. The ship that carries him, surrounded, by exulting sea-gods, and the dashing waves contribute in a most effective way to rendering the work stylish, as is seen particularly 111 the cande- labra. The huge work has been executed, after the design of professor A. Krog, by Mr. A. Mi ch els en, jeweller to H. M. the King. A special mention is due to the name who, al nearly all international expositions, has, with the greatest honor, represented Danish jewelry, viz., V. Chri- sto sen. He has known how to -make his industry rest upon artists like C. Peters, H. Olrik and N. Freds trup, and the efficient re- sults attained have been greatly acknowledged. He as well as Danish goldsmiths generally have made a fine speciality of the production of ornaments in the Old Northern style as created by the models at the National museum at Copenhagen. That branch of Danish industry which is considered the most ad- vanced, and especially so in foreign countries, is, 110 doubt, Danish ceramics. The terra-cotta ware from P. Ipsen’s Enke is famous, and