| Show AN FAD tle feacy far j A fk i mosaics are tural josl now fand very bhe kj frani the ft am art iu ii crip 4 iah bah infancy in iancy but ite growth lias been rapid 10 avander bilt imported froin iaria to assist in ane decora lion houe fifth avenue and fifty airet mosaics were practically unknown id american architecture except the chancel bloor and wall in grace church there was barcly car cly a specimen of modern art iu the city or even in the country and hubli aa there were imported the few and curios of which the museums bohuil deml not be mentioned hero there was not u house decorating concern in the country that arnado a pretense nf doing cuch work and if per chance nil italian mosaic worker strayed ti america lie was un known and out of aunine bu nine there are eight firm in this city alone which make the whole or a part of their busi uhei giving employment to fifty mosaic workers and double that number of helpers and masons bostio philadelphia and chicago also diio or more similar houses aoe of the roost famous house decorating farnia iu ibia city has ardeia enough on hand to keep its mo abc workers busy fur a year to come and another irm has over fifty specimens of its work in churches banks theartres theatres the atres and other public building in thia city besides having a geu erous east bec north aud south fo rapidly has be in austry developed nearly all tho mosaic workers in alie country are italians who learned their art in venice A lew are frenchmen and here and there one inda u his three or four yeara of apprenticeship in new york but there are very few euch the mosaic artist who ha abeen longest hero is a who went to deaice while it was yet under the austrian yoke and learned his art there the workers are paid from 2 50 to 84 50 day according to baill and experience the work is tedious aril tiresome requiring close application extreme care keen eyesight and a deit hand besides acute knowledge of the mar ble colors no chemical agents or artificial coloring are the arniat must be able to select liis marbles in the rough state and by to use in shading faces anil figures to ait for with bended hack anil hanging head lottering pottering pott ering over a table half covered with chip brings a fatigue that noun but trained in the business bus ineis can day after day marbles are faed almost exclusively italy france africa aud tho enlea 1 ur sienna j ibue de lyon rogue royal blaco blue italian green italian red and tha while carlarra Car are the must and luoie expensive marbles ireland albo gives the worker a little green the marble ii the only dom eglit htone in any quantity the blue lurken of france and the black belgin map ble pretty nearly cimpl tita the list the marble cornea ui the worker in fragments frag menta of froin the mantel anil tile makers or else in specially cut for ilia purpose from refused stone then it i broken into pieces of any desired siz generally by a sort of email suite but sometimes by machinery the designer makes full sized drawings upon heavy pape and indic aUa the color to be need in each line and figure of the plan the worker cuts tho design iu bec eec launs of convenient size lor handling and lays out the bite of marble the paper polished face downward first smearing the face auni arabic BO that it will adhere to the paper if the design is intricate the body or filling is put in after the picture aa done when the aloo is complete the sections are laid away one upon another until the wall ceiling or floor for which aliey were intended is ready to receive them the design ia put on ejection by section and alia bits of marble aro into tho soft portland cement when the cement has become af bard the paper is washed tho rough places arc pointed up and and f nece apary the entire ia very bood e fleets are accomplished by leaving the eurlace dull anil comparatively unfinished Ahe thet the to be termed itoman or venetian depends chiefly upon whether the chips are cubical or irregular polygonal in shape mosaic makas tho roost durable of floors yr the tho building may be utterly obliterated with cement and thera are no inac tiles to fret loose aut in of the tea of tha of pompeii and american archi lecta and builders buil deri at first distrustful of modern mosaic and fought against their introduction the expend oft howk retarded the growth of the industry fur a while but sharp competition has gradually reduced bricea till the fimple bt concrete lao Baica can be had tor about the bame arico as marble tiling prices range from 75 centi a foot up to any sum that the builder s willing to pay for ela borato work pictorial lu german glass and italian enamel and guilt gold leaf under a HID of glaas command much the same sort bricea as painting or sculpture there is almost unlimited choice of colors in and tho shading can be very delicately graded good work of this kind ia now done in america timaly though the demand may be one or iwo lou loland tuch american apinis for lorb arf adlia fort lio chiore mechanical ftp american air 1 I ela balet work alid even lionil it done fall to timmis iu their 1 11 i american mosaics apfl i clr pauul y thail alie ehfe tt ou ir tArt ia piya u amaca there are 1 i piece ifa hiie dwulit ul wall iii ITie hall otlee J equitable qui table building wacie les ignec and loade in thid cily iia was alfio the liand Bonie lor square feet nf the philadelphia siok sio k exchange kotlier bruise wortlie f are in the church of thi the and 0 o the mansion built by Villard Ht madan avenue aal aru among lh fineal n the cwi aroca tinie mosaics and glazed lieve been favorite for building baths A new york duill an elegant mosaic lunge bath for tho late robert garratt of on either wall were huge dolph iii each swimming with a on bis back oneff the hobt elaborate pieces of mosaic in the country ia at the lafay ette place baths the bioni is elliptical lip iu form about 10 feet by 20 feet with a doine roof alie walls floors nicil of the dome making aquini feet and every available foot n mosaic there are about ol 01 marble in the work the walla arc of he yellow or cream humair marble beith u red bordered dado filled in with all ports of nines and sea aion berit swimming about through wavy seaweed alie Lil colors are greys and blues here antl there a touch of red grien or deep yellow beneath is n bright geometrical border the arched ceiling ia of yellow with a frieze of wreaths and designs wrought in dull reds la the center of the dome is a braml glasa skylight through which the gaslight above streams in boal kaleidoscopic upon abo oriental rugs and vari colored llona below the mosaic alone cost aej employed ten men for months bolher extensive works will be the square feet of floors ami ceil ings in the building of the united company 45 and 47 wall street and in llie four new buildings that a new york insurance company h erecting in kansas city st paul omaha and montreal tha nevies iario artl sur great britain hai alie italy haj 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