Litchfield enquirer., 1875-12-09
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 ThisAhew store in the Miller sblock,A on Main street, will be opened for business Wednesday or Thursday of this week. and is justly claimed to be unsurpassed by any in the New England states, excepting. per haps, in Boston, in not only the elegance of its fittings. but its adaptability to .tife requirements of the iewelry trade. Every thing about it has solid, durable look, the woodwork, for instance, being solely of polished black walnut, with French walnut paneliing, so attractive in its rich, dark coloEs Fire floor IS laid with tiles. blue, drab, yellow, &c., arranged in showy yet chaste patterns, while the ceiling Is neatly frescoed, and bordering of fresco setsauH the tinted galls to advantage. The show windoSs are single plates of French glass, with large mirrors at either side ad- joining the walls. N hlch serve to duplicate and re-duplieate the articles ou display. Both windows are fitted with fnIaid screens bearing the inscription "T. Steele < Son. Established 1886, aud with lace curtains. and leather lambrequins of ma room color.
 Around the walls are arrayed upright show eases for silver ware, cbronaes, &c., extending down both sides of tie room, aud surmoanted by heavy cornice. They are of black and French walnut, polished, and inlaid with delicate tracery of ebony, and hollywood. resembling ivory The The interior upholstering is of dark ma room cloth laid in folds. All the shelving Is made adjustable to any position, upward or downward, and beneath are shelves slIding ontNa Nard, for e0nvenience im plac- ing goods before customer The lover portion of the show cases is divided into Al fnN 1n. ..Alh cases, instead of being at the sides. are in double line down the centre. uiih space between for the salesman. and are Of Foss- wood. fitted with heavy Preach plxte glass. The iewelry trays are of ebony, lined with navy blue velvet or satin
 The gas fixtures are of a new and pretty style, steel bEoaze wEia gSls ;g5ausExSnd are in the form Of an ar~h NgrCagk ;hs store. producing a fine edect by iheir re- fieetion m the large mirror which occupies the rear sAf tue room. The private otRce on the let side of the store Is pzrtitiuned of with black walnut and plate-glass, and contains safe for books. &c., and small but richly finished cylindrical desk. At the rear is the bookkeeper's office apd A space for the watchmakeFs, and Just to the front of the former is large fire and bur- glar proof vault-HeEElng~ make. The basement has the same apaca as the store and will be occupied for repairing purpos. es and tho storing of duplicate goods which will be placed in large vaulf. The fitting up of the store has been done by. Potter. Dennison < O., Providence, (de. signs by c. W. Boyer, in their employl side and center show cases, and wood work generally; Anderson, Merchant & Co. of New York, tilIng; Doe < Hunnewell, Bos- ton, tables matching the center show cases and on which they rest; and Mitchell. Nance X O., New York. gas fixtures. First on entering the store are specimens of statuary, and several pail,tIngs by My. Thomas SedgSick Steele. surviving part ner of the firm, and at tue right hand n new regulator clock, Howard < Co.'S. make. Boston The right hand row of show cases Is devoted to sterling silver and plat. ed ware, the left to bronzes and French fancy goods. and the center row of counter cases to jewelry, watches. diamonds. &c and of all these different goods, Mir. Steele will exhibit fine assortment principally new goods imported for the opening of the new store, and embracing not only all the standard styles. but numerous nov elites placed on the market this season.
 The establishment will be conducted under the firm name of T. Steele & Son. by Mir. Thomas Sedgwick Steele. TSe elder Mir. Steele, whose death occurred q few days since, commenced business at $40 Main street, in 1886. by the purchase of the business of the old firm ofJ o. &
 w. Pitkin. and the store was conducted under the name of Steele < Crocker. and so continued until the death of Mir c. in 1S42. Mir. Steele then assumed the entire
 business, and in 1866 gave his son an in.
 terest, under the firm name of T. Steele &
 Son. The old store at No. $40 Main
 street was retained up to the present time,
 nearly forty years, and it may be said that
 there are few in Hartford so we'll known as landmafk. through long continuance
 in one class of trade, The removal to the
 new and elegant premises above describ. ed, was necessitated by the demand fol
 larger accommodati0ns fof stock, and in q
 great. measssfe, the displaY of the ehns
 works of art, the importati0h of which has
 been nade . specialtv. Z " 1s Mir Thomas Sedgwick Steele. the junior partner of the late firm, and who will here after conduct the business, is widely known in the iewelry trade, and to nc
 slight extent outside of his business through his literary contributions, ant more especially, perhaps, his trout paint ings which have received we'll meriteC
 praise in Hartford and elsewhere, one O them having been accepted this autumn
 by the Brooklyn Art Academy. Mr.Steel,
 is we'll gratified with his new establish , ment, and may we'll be so, for nothin, , more elegant or conveniently arranged cal ha faund in khis aaokion