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208 THE GREAT EXHIBITION
France has justly acquired a high renown for her works in this branch of industry.
M. Lelicourt, of Paris, exhibited a tapestry-like picture, entirely printed by blocks,
representing a chase in a forest, surrounded by a rich, ornamental frame, with pilasters
containing animals, birds, and attributes of the chase: twelve thousand blocks were
required to execute this most creditable work. He likewise exhibited flower decorations,
entirely executed in flocks, of which there were about seventy different shades; also very
beautifully-finished plain flock-papers, called silk and wool. His two bas-reliefs of The
Descent from the Cross, and TJie Resurrection, were good specimens of printing. M. Zuber,
of Rixheim, exhibited one of his beautifully-executed landscape papers—one of a series of
works for which this house is so celebrated; it represented the floral vegetation of the
four quarters of the globe, and the richness and brilliancy of the colouring and the perfect
workmanship were alike remarkable. M. Zuber also exhibited many other excellent
specimens of the various kinds of paper-hangings, &c.: he is, besides, the author of.
many improvements in this trade. Messrs. Mader, of Paris, exhibited a picture repre-
senting a garden-scene—a very clever example of paper-printing, left, perhaps purposely,
in a state where a few touches, by the hand of a clever artist would complete a beautiful
effect. A well-executed figure in a panel, and other decorations of flowers and
ornaments, besides some specimens of the more ordinary kinds of paper-hangings,
attested the skilful workmanship of this house.
The English manufacturers of paper-hangings have produced many beautiful specimens
also, both as decorative, damask, chintz, and flock-papers; those made by machinery
have been previously alluded to. Messrs. Townsend and Parker, of London, exhibited
paper-hangings of various kinds, of considerable beauty of design and execution; two of
their decorations introduced fruit, flowers, and arabesque ornament of excellent execution.
Messrs. Hinchliff and Co., of London, also produced good specimens of decorative and
other paper-hangings; and the collections of Messrs. Williams and Co., and Messrs.
Turner and Co., included many examples, showing that the art is well carried on in this
country. Messrs. Sportin and Zimmermann, of Vienna, exhibited paper-hanging
decorations for ceilings, fee., in good taste. They have also adapted the process of
block-printing in distemper colours, as a cheap form of illustrating works of science
and art; the specimens they exhibited gave illustrations of machinery in isometrical
perspective, very beautifully executed. M. Levis, of Brussels, exhibited a large collec-
tion of paper-hangings, more particularly in flock, of excellent execution. M. M. Rahn
and Yetter, of Warsaw, forwarded a collection of paper-hangings, which possessed
considerable merit, both as regards design, colouring, and execution.
CHAPTER XXIX.
DIGBY WYATT, ESQ., ON FORM IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS.
PBELIMINARY REMARKS—INFINITE VARIETY 01" STATURE----FITNESS AND SIMPLICITY.—CONTRAST—
CONSIDERATIONS ON ABCHITECTUEE AND SCULPTURE '<**• OPTICAL DELUSIONS — IMITATION —
ORNAMENT, ETC.
" It has pleased the beneficent designer of 'the world, and all that therein is,'" says our
accomplished lecturer, "not only to surround man with the ever-varying and inex-
haustible beauties of nature, and to endow him with the gift of sight to perceive her
France has justly acquired a high renown for her works in this branch of industry.
M. Lelicourt, of Paris, exhibited a tapestry-like picture, entirely printed by blocks,
representing a chase in a forest, surrounded by a rich, ornamental frame, with pilasters
containing animals, birds, and attributes of the chase: twelve thousand blocks were
required to execute this most creditable work. He likewise exhibited flower decorations,
entirely executed in flocks, of which there were about seventy different shades; also very
beautifully-finished plain flock-papers, called silk and wool. His two bas-reliefs of The
Descent from the Cross, and TJie Resurrection, were good specimens of printing. M. Zuber,
of Rixheim, exhibited one of his beautifully-executed landscape papers—one of a series of
works for which this house is so celebrated; it represented the floral vegetation of the
four quarters of the globe, and the richness and brilliancy of the colouring and the perfect
workmanship were alike remarkable. M. Zuber also exhibited many other excellent
specimens of the various kinds of paper-hangings, &c.: he is, besides, the author of.
many improvements in this trade. Messrs. Mader, of Paris, exhibited a picture repre-
senting a garden-scene—a very clever example of paper-printing, left, perhaps purposely,
in a state where a few touches, by the hand of a clever artist would complete a beautiful
effect. A well-executed figure in a panel, and other decorations of flowers and
ornaments, besides some specimens of the more ordinary kinds of paper-hangings,
attested the skilful workmanship of this house.
The English manufacturers of paper-hangings have produced many beautiful specimens
also, both as decorative, damask, chintz, and flock-papers; those made by machinery
have been previously alluded to. Messrs. Townsend and Parker, of London, exhibited
paper-hangings of various kinds, of considerable beauty of design and execution; two of
their decorations introduced fruit, flowers, and arabesque ornament of excellent execution.
Messrs. Hinchliff and Co., of London, also produced good specimens of decorative and
other paper-hangings; and the collections of Messrs. Williams and Co., and Messrs.
Turner and Co., included many examples, showing that the art is well carried on in this
country. Messrs. Sportin and Zimmermann, of Vienna, exhibited paper-hanging
decorations for ceilings, fee., in good taste. They have also adapted the process of
block-printing in distemper colours, as a cheap form of illustrating works of science
and art; the specimens they exhibited gave illustrations of machinery in isometrical
perspective, very beautifully executed. M. Levis, of Brussels, exhibited a large collec-
tion of paper-hangings, more particularly in flock, of excellent execution. M. M. Rahn
and Yetter, of Warsaw, forwarded a collection of paper-hangings, which possessed
considerable merit, both as regards design, colouring, and execution.
CHAPTER XXIX.
DIGBY WYATT, ESQ., ON FORM IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS.
PBELIMINARY REMARKS—INFINITE VARIETY 01" STATURE----FITNESS AND SIMPLICITY.—CONTRAST—
CONSIDERATIONS ON ABCHITECTUEE AND SCULPTURE '<**• OPTICAL DELUSIONS — IMITATION —
ORNAMENT, ETC.
" It has pleased the beneficent designer of 'the world, and all that therein is,'" says our
accomplished lecturer, "not only to surround man with the ever-varying and inex-
haustible beauties of nature, and to endow him with the gift of sight to perceive her