Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition
Forfatter: Maud Howe Elliott
År: 1893
Forlag: Goupil & Co.
Sted: Paris and New York
Sider: 287
UDK: gl. 061.4(100) Chicago
Chigaco, 1893.
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THE WORK OF CINCINNATI WOMEN IN DECORATED
POTTERY.
THE ceramic exhibit by the women of Cincinnati, as shown in
the Cincinnati Room at the Columbian Exposition, is one of
the results of an impulse which, in 1874-75, was felt by some
of the leading pottiers of the United States and by a few women in
different localities. There was no concerted action between the
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potters and the
women, and none
between the
women of Cincin-
nati and those of
other cities.
These sporadic
symptoms seemed
to indicate that the
times were ripe for
the introduction of
a new industry into
the country, an in-
dustry that recom-
mended itself to
the taste of many
women, and
seemed to offer a
profitable field of
future work for
them.
When the wom-
en of Cincinnati
began their experi-
ments there was no
available k n o w 1 -
edge in reference
to the art of deco-