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THE HEJSTRT FRJl^rCIS du POXTfVIXTERTHUR MUSEUM
LIBRARIES
Copyright, 1886, by Belcher MOSAIC GLASS Co.
(^elel^ep ffio^aie Gke^ -Co.
0,
The Beauty
or Modern
Glass.
P all tl20 matepial^ u<^e^ \n hl^i^ eounlfy Idv tl^G
decopahop io i^i^ apt, ^la^^ l^a^ peeeived tl^c mo^t
ahteohioo, aod it^ development: a^ a ele<ion>atiVe mssliam
I^a^ keen io ppop)optior2 ho tl^ah atheotion. Wihl^ tt^i^
ejeveiopmeat of it^ aptl^ti^ u^efuloe^^ I^a^ eomc v/oodepFuI iD<ipea^e
of ^^11 1 \n it^ maoLifa'^hupe, tf^® Jla'j^-ma-l^ep oF bday k®iiQj akl® ho
ppoduee eVepy colop aod hioh ealled fop ky hl^e aphi^h, maoy of hi^^m
a^ mapVelloLi^ a^ hl^ey ape keaiihiFul.
^Imo^h Fpom hl^e Fip^h hl2® J^mepicao aphi^h akaodoDeel hl^e
Li^a^e^ aod hpadihioo^ oF hl2® (^uPOp^aiQ ^el^ool^, and aimed ah kpilliaoh
eFFeeh pahl^ep ti^ao de^i^o, ^hpivinj Fop aphi^hi^ and l2apmo- a,
oioLi^ appao^smeoh oF div^p^e cobp paht^ep tl2aD mep^Iy
hpan^papenh piehiip©^. go Fap l2a^ hl2e J^mepi<iaD aphl^h c-appied hl^i^
Feelio'J hl^ah l^e eao no bn^ep k^ called a palnh^p on ^\a<^<^, kuh i^
peally a v/op+^ep in ^'a^^ mo^ai*. ^t^ah tl^i^ i^ a I^^alhl^y and aphl^hie
moVemenh cannoh ke doakhed, Fop hf2® Fyphl2ep hl^e d^copahop ^e^
RTisTic Merit
or American
WORKMANSHIP.
^moo^ all\.\i'3
device^ oov/ \n ii^© Ly v/op'l^ep^ io wl^at I
f^aVe ele^epiked a^ tpue morale ^la^i^, hl2®n'G i^ kut one Fa^ter^cp
of aoy vyophf?,—that of ^leDpy R- (Relebcp, ao inVeotioD ^"-^ ""-vallco
Wbi'^b at ooc-0 eommeode iheelf fop ppaetl'^alailitY, <?im- '"^"'^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 0/ ^ Belcher Process.
purity, aod ^tr^eo^hl^. V/\l\i t\i\<^ fa^bnep tl2® finest morale eao k^
made, tl^G ^malle^t pieee^ iioitiD^ oo© wihl^ aoohl^srs, op v/itf^ niaoy
ir2 Q°mWmat\°n, aod foIIoWiD'f aoy fW^n de^i^a. ¥126 metal^ eom-
po^io^ hl^G mahpix ape V^py tnu'^l^ I^apslsp tl^ao tl^e I^adio^ Li^ed
ky all otl^ep ma'i^ep^, aDd do iQofc yi®Id to tl^e v/ei^t^t of tl^® ^la^^
OP tl^e ac'tloo of l^^at aod c°ld. ¥170 ppodiietioD^ of ti^e gelel2ep
ppoe®^^ ape v/atep-fspoof and aip-ti^l^t, tt^® m®tal do®^ n°{. oV^pIap
tl^e {la^^, and tl^e v/op'K i^ Fap li^l^tep aod mope diipakl® tl^ao any
otl2®p Popm of ^taioed 5'^^^- /Aopgovep, ky tl^l^ ppo^e^^ tf^e m^tal
cao ke mope easily made to do it^ ^[^ap© \n fopmio^ tl^® apti^t'^
de^i^Q tl^ao ky ai2y otl^^p mode of Fa^teoiQ^.
fpom tl^e on'^e h<^\i\°na\s\e Co^II^I^ s^nd Gepmao pietopial ^taioesl
^la^^, and follov/^ a mo^ai^^ motive, tl^® o^apcp i^e apppoa^I^®^ tl^e
be^t mediaeval ^la^^-v/op'^ep^, v/l^^^e ma^oifi^^eot v/iodoW^ ap© la<?hin^
memopial^ of tl^eip io^eDLiihy and ^ood ta^b-
It i^ tra® tl^e mediaeval ^la^^-v/op+v^p v/a^ compelled to
ma^e a mo^ai<i of I^i^ v/iodov/, a^ ^la^^ \n l^i^ day eoald be l2ad
odIv io ^mall piee®^. ¥1^® modepo v/op-l^ep, I^ov/eVep, do®^ ^0 Fpom
tl2® apti^ti<^ ^®r2^e, I^i^ apt ^^oov/Ied^e t®ael2it2f I^im tl^at „ss«
cFF®et io lijl^t aod ^t^ade, eombinatioo of eolop and
ppi^matie play of li^l^t,—attpibut®^ v/I^iel^ aloo® fwe Value to ^la^^
a^ a deeopativ® mat®pial,—«^aD he [a®^t and mo^t ^upely olotaiD®sl
ky tl^® juxtaposition of ^mali and ipp®5LjIap pieee^. In tf^e m®ans
to obtain tl^e^e eFfeet^, tl2e apti^t of today f^a^ tl^e advantage oVep
l^i^ media®Val bpotl^ep^ in tv/o mo^t important paptic-ulap^:—
a
iap^ep Fi®Id oF colop Fpom wl2i^l2 to cl20ose, and tl^e inV®ntion at
la^t oF a ^upepiop me«^l2ani^al eontpiVan^^e Fop Fa^teninJ tl^e pi®ees oF
^la^S to5etl2®p. ¥o tl2e Iatt®p Featupe I \^\<^li to call sp®eial att®ntIon.
^CniORITV
^ Effectiveness
I Iqc"!^ fopv/apd ho ^peat p®^LiIt^ Id tl^® u<^e aod apti^hi<i apj^II-
^ahioQ of tl2i^ \nV'^u\\°n; at2 ioVeohloo by vyl2i'=-l2, mope ®^^''y ^'Z^'^
by aiQv ohl^ep, i^ pyt vyiht^io hl^e aphi^t'^ ^pa^[3 at2 ©osiie^^ ^©pic^ of
keaahifLiI pposlu^tioo^.
OF FpLiit^ aod F|ov/ep^, aod kuoel^e^ oF l^Dot-'Jpa^^,
Clod diamoDdeGl Witf^ paoo^ of (?jLiair2t ^^Vl^^e,
loDumepak)!® oF ^haio^ and ^pleodiGl dy®^,
J^^aps hl^e hi^ep-tnotl^'^ deep>-dama^^'d WiiQ^^;
j^od ir2 hl^e mid^t, 'moo'J hl^ou^and I^epaldPi©^,
Clt2d bvVlH^I^t ^aiot^, ar2d dim emklazoiQio^^,
^ ^l^i^Ided ^c-iitel^soD k>Ia^l2'd witf^ blood oF s|L]eeD<? aod ^ic^*^."
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