THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

We continue our illustrations of the goods of Messrs. Cornelius, Baker & Co., withtwo subjects engraved upon this page. The Chandelier is very rich and beautiful,suited to adorn as well as illuminate the apartment in which it may be hung. The

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bronze of which it is made has a tint of rich, deep green, which is relieved with ad-mirable effect by the brilliancy of the gilding applied to the decorative parts. The

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adjoining Bracket with a pendent chandelier of four lights is also characterised byelegance of form and ornamentation, excepting, however, the little figures perchedjust above the branches of the lights. These have no adaptation to a chandelier, and

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violate a fundamental law of decorative art, that all ornamentation should rise outof construction and belong to it.

The remaining engravings illustrate an Ornamental Table, exhibited in the Swiss

Department, by J. Wirtz, of Berne. The material is a very light-colored wood, andthe carvings are executed with delicacy and spirit. It was not, however, to displaythe carving, but to point out the errors committed in the decoration, that we havehad this article engraved. In furniture of every kind the first consideration of the

designer should be to adapt it perfectly to its intended use. While this rule admitsof no exception, its observance will be found to be the safest guide to beauty. Thereare many objects in the Exhibition richly and lavishly decorated, which nevertheless