The masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition\ : illustrated (1876)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Wilson, Joseph M · Philadelphia : Gebbie & Barrie · leaf 239
INDUSTRIAL ART. 201 Rome, and making them our light-bearers, the skill of our artists is employed to model figures that in … the gracefully curving branches of the candelab- ra. Candelabra it is but in name, however, for the seeming candles are but clever imitations of those once necessary' articles. These modern imitations burn without diminution to their length. The figure rests upon an elaborate pedestal highly…
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