ABSTRACT
Walter Smith was a British art educator and author of drawing books and books on industrial art education, who became well-known as a leading early proponent of industrial design in the United States. Recommended by Henry Cole, in 1871, Smith commenced his work of bringing the South Kensington system of drawing tuition to Massachusetts as both the State Director of Art Education, as well as the Director of Drawing for the Public Schools of Boston. Smith in his introduction offers 'some general rules by the application of which anyone, no matter how ignorant of historical art may form comparatively a just estimate of the claims of an object of Industrial Art to be considered worthy of commendation'. House-furnishers are human, but they measure men and women as well as rooms and windows. The primary colors predominate as a rule in flowers, and so the floor has a very lively appearance, according to order.
