International studio (41.1910)

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two artisans' cottages at the Brussels exhibition, designed by g. metzendorf. constructed by

a. siebel, dusseldorf.

An eminent French critic has remarked—it seems times massive, and some of the colours are hard,
to me with a good deal of truth—that we have here but the end that is always kept in view is to ad-
a melange of forms in which the classicism of the minister to a rational and practical state of comfort,
middle ages and German

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from the Far East in
varying proportions. But
this modern style of fur-
niture, which, with diverse BP i - / S flj ^^^^ ^^^dnflflH
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in vogue in all countries
during the past twenty
years, Germany is striving
to reinforce from new
sources, and she is setting iJlil
herself the task of im-
parting to it health and
strength. The venture is

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bold, and is being pur-
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teristic of the German portico of artisan's cottage at Brussels exhibition

people. The forms are at designed by g. meizekdoef

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