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of Neufchatel and principally in Geneva, likewise shows no 
changes as regards artistic embellishment. French taste is still 
prevalent; only here and there, in Borrnet’s, Delesnaux’s, and 
Chautre’s watches for instance, a better style is to be seen, ap- 
proaching nearer to tlie smooth, insipid English, however, than to 
the German or Italian style. The same is true of jewelry ; but pos- 
sibl3 r a change in taste will set in earlier in this department than in 
any other, and very likely through the influence of England, as Eng 
land has made considerable progress in the reform of this branch 
of industry. The Special School of Art-Industry at Geneva, above 
alluded to, is also endeavoring to aid the refinement of form. 
The drawings 1 exhibited, mostly jewelry, were brilliant in execu- 
ti°n, and gave evidence of the best intentions in the choice of 
motives. Besides copies from later French works (“ L’Art pour 
Tous,” &c.) there were also to be found studies in all styles, 
plant-forms converted into omament; methods, in short, which 
give an assurance of progress. 
In silks French forms were found almost throughout, while in 
the cotton and linen fabrics the peculiar forms recalling the 
Orient, which have been in use for so long a time, are still pre- 
served. 
As long as art proper does not find better care in Switzerland, 
it cannot be expected that the forms used in industry will be 
refined to any important extent. First of all, there is still want- 
ing a common centre for art, an academy in the country itself, to 
give a stable foundation to national art. The general government 
expends only two thousand francs a year on historical art; the 
cantonal governments and the several communes likewise do but 
little for it. It is therefore not to be wondered at, that most of the 
Swiss artists emigrate to Germany, France, and Italy. 
Switzerland has museums in nearly all the more prominent 
cities, some of them, as for instance those in Basle, Winterthur, 
and St. Gallen, of considerable importance. But, with the excep- 
tion of the archogologieal Collection at Zürich, their arrangements 
are such that they are but little suited to advance the art-education 
of the country. 
Great activity is, however, shown by the various art associa- 
tions and societies of artists in Aargau, Bern, Basle, Freiburg,