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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IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING.
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judgment led her to select those whose experience was greater
than her own in perfecting her manufacture. The decorators,
from the first, were pupils of the School of Design, and perhaps in
the application of artistic principles to an industry the influence
of the school has been as noticeably shown here as in any other
direction.
Mrs. Storer herself, at intervals of leisure from her many en-
gagements, continues to practice her favorite art of decoration, and
ENAMELED CUP—“THE FOUR SEASONS.” Marie Louvet. France.
her work will be shown, in the Cincinnati Room. Her taste is in-
clined to the grotesque, and especially to the Japanese in style.
She is reported to have said: “ If any one thinks my dragons are
not anatomically correct, let him prove it.”
While Mrs. Storer was developing and perfecting her pottery,
the Pottery Club, and many women outside of it, were as busily
engaged in the various branches of potting and porcelain deco-
ration.