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                                     THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITIOY.
M. A. VEYRAT holds high rank among the                                  
          | PIECE are both the productions of M. CuoIsz-
                                             examples of his many admirable
con-
                                             tributions to the Exhibition;
they arec
                                             of silver, the COFRFT being
partially
                                             gilt. It is designed by MN.
JULES Fos-
                                             sEY, and is exquisitely modelled
and
                                             wrought.  The VASE and CENLRE-
goldsmiths of France. This page contains three               M          
           LAT, an artist-sculptor to whom the fabricants
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carnelian, agates, and other siliceous gems) inlaid in black marble,  I have
endeavoured in this account of the minerals employed
   in bld rlie, showing about half the substance represented, and  for Art
purposes inthgraexitonogveoteradrf
generally so selected that the natural colour of the stone is that the Art-Journal
a tolerably clear outline of all those objects in11
of the object imitated. Thus bunches of currants, grapes, &c., are  my
department that are  gnst remarkable, and of the impressions
marvellously copied, and form the most beautiful ornaments that' made on
me. I may not have seen all that are there. I may
can be imagined for caskets and cabinets. Work of this kind is, have passed
by some that were well worth pausing to examine
however, most costly, and not 'very common. It is, therefore, and allude
to. In a building so vast it is impossible not to have'
well fitted to the taste and style of St. Petersburg, and seems done so,
but I think my general impression will be found to re-
especially easy to Russian workmen, who regard time as of little present
the true state of the case. I may conclude in a few brief
value, and whose patience is almost as remarkable as their taste.; sentences,
pointing out that France has exhibited her usual taste,
Several objects of this manufacture are exhibited, and all are and has shown
that she possesses in her own bosom and her
good.  It is evident, indeed, that Italian inspiration has first colonies
Art-materials of great beauty and value. Italy has'
guided the taste both of producer and patron; but most of the hardly done
justice to the well-known and acknowledged excel-
designs are now the result of native talent.                   lence of her
supplies, and the genius of her sons. Greece has
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