The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY Y. DECEMBER 81.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. d

PARIS, Sept. 10Th, 1867
The Universal Exposition.
If we continue our walks through the exhibition
We shall come into the third gallery. or zone. of the
French department, which is called the third group,
and includes
And other objects destined for a dwelling house. The
great number and richness of the articles Of furni-
ture is very remarkable. Bedsteads, cribs, sofas,
mirrors, billiard tables, book cases, cupbOards, and
chimney pieces are scattered about in great p~rofusion.
Every thing which one sees here in the shape Of furni-
ture is beautiful. We noticed particularly the fine
wood carving of the cupbOards, book cases in sculp-
tured oak and rosewood, and beisteads in ebony and
brass. 4 beautiful bed decorated with "A gold medal
looked very inviting, and pear it was a magnificent
marble altar exceedingly rich with inlnid mosaic work
The French department abounds in beautiful gilt
furniture of every sort
In this Gallery
Are 10 be seen flooring in wood mosaic, in brick and
in marble, mosaic in hard stones, imitation of the
mosaic of Pompeii, mosaic panels and flooring, color
ell bricks for flooring apartment, paving-tiles, in
faience, and paving in enamelled faience. One object
worthy of admiration here is a door sculptured in
statuary. Passing on from here We notice beautiful
stained glass for church windows, gorgeous chandel-
liers, a great display of glassware of every descrip-
ton. ano some very extensive mirrors
Passing on still further, we will see porcelain and
other rich pottery, rich fnience, and porcelain in hard
and soft paste used in ornamenting a dwelling house.
Here are to be found articles of luxury with a very
high price, beautifully decorated. This decoration is
done by hand and usually by artists of great merit.
BY the side of this great multitude of objects for
parlor enumeration are to be seen similar objects at
a very low price. These are not decorated by hand
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process of manufacture. 1t is near here that the
exhibition from the
Sevres Mandatory
Is to be seen. This porcelain mandatory is one of
the institutions of Paris which must be seen. 1t is
situated near st. Cloud, a few miles from the city on
the Seine. 1t was established by Louis XIV. in l770,
able expense. The sevres productions are unrivalled;
the exquisite manner in which they are painted adds
much to their value. 1 noticed near here a very
fine exhibition Of paper for houses.
Statuary.
But what this gallery seems to abound in ae arti-
cles in bronze. various art castings, and objects in
embossed metals. Conspicuous among these objects
are to be seen n bronze statue Of Christ, numerous
bronze statues which are dressed in marble, a huge
cast iron lion, a great number of small iron statues,
and other objects, for hundreds of various objects in
brass of luxury and parlor ornamentaton. 1 noticed
gold medals attached to q beautiful bronze altar, a
large brass cast of three boys, and a bronze bust of
the Emperor.
Kitchen Furniture.
In this department there are exhibited kitchen
ranges and stoves, house warming apparatus, light
ing apparatus to burn gas, also numerous specimens
of lamps for oil, chemical matches arc arranged in
this gallery, for the production Of which the city of
is noted.
Tapestries.
In this gallery also there is to be seen the Imperial
manufactures Of Beauvais and the Gobelins, which
consist of tapestries. Stepping into the saloon in
which these tapestries are exhibited one cannot but
exclaim, q how beautiful They are executed with
so much delicacy and with such perfect correctness
in the choice Of colors, that it is difficult to distin-
guish them from the most beautiful paintings. They
truly form a decoration worthy of the most gorgeous
palace. One must remember when examining these
that they require from five to ten years
labor before they are finished, and cost about $780,
900 each. The best of these carpet and tapestry
manufactures is the Gobelins of the City Of Paris.
This celebrated mandatory was founded by Jean
a dyer, in 1850, and was purchased by the
State in 1862. 1t is open to the public on certain
days of the week. The visitor is shown three large
rooms where splendid specimens of the work executed
in the last 200 years are exhibited, and then is con-
Quoted through six work shops, containing Is looms,
the carpets and tapestries which adorn the
palaces or are presented to foreign princes are made.
The manner Of execution is somewhat singular. The
work is vertical, the workman on tapestry standing
at the back of his work while his pattern is behind
him. There is no mechanical continuance Whatever;
the work is done with the needle, and its merit is due
to the skill of the workman. There are nearly forty
workman and several apprentices in this department
Of the work. In this saloon in which the tapestries
are exhibited, the crib in which the Imperial Prince
rocked TO sleep in when an infant, is to be seen.
Altogether it is - nice affair.
Besides the tapestry which is exhibited here, there
is velvet carpeting, felt, cloth, and flock silk carpets.
caoutchouc carpets, and mating. Also cotton
and wooden furniture tissues, with those of silk or
horse hair, plain, or beautifully ornamented. The
embroidered tissues and tapestries are done by hand,
the plain stuffs are generally woven by a mechanical
models of which are exhibited in the ma
chinery department
Before leaving this gallery, We must notice among
the furniture n beautiful table in mosaic work, also
ivory work. carving, &C.. consisting of
statues and busts, and ornamental objects, cases of
mirrors. and boxes-I noticed a very fine ivory statue
Of Christ dead, also Of the Madonna and child.
We will now turn into the fourth gallery which
contains clothing and other objects worn on the per-
sOn.
The first thing that attracts our attention is the
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