Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
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sTEELEs NEW JEwRLRY STORE ON MAIN ST.
 This new store in the Miller block on Main street, Hartford, was opened for bus mess Wednesday of last week, and is just ly claimed to be unsurpassed by any in the New England states, excepting perhaps in Boston, in not only the elegance of it's fit tings, but its adaptability to the require ments of the jewelry trade. Everything about it has solid, durable look, the wood. work for instance, being solely If polished black walnut, with French walnut panel ing, SO attractive in it's rich, dark colors The floor is laid with tiles, blue, drab, yell low, etc., arranged in snowy yet chaste patterns, while the ceiling is neatly fres- coed. and a border of fresco sets off the tinted walls to advantage. The show win dows are single plates of French glass, with large mirrors at eilLer side adjoining the walls, which serve to duplicate and re.du- plicate the articles on display. Both win dows are fitted with inlaid screens, bearing the inscription T. Steele & Son. Estab- lished 1886 and with lace curtains, and leather lambrequins of maroon color. Around the walls are arraYed upright show cases for silver ware, bronZes, etc.. extending down both sides of the room, and surmounted by heavy cornice. They are of black and French walnut polished, and lnlaid with delicate tracery of ebony and hollywood, resembling ivory. The interior upholstering is of dark maroon cloth laid in folds. All the shelving is made adjusta- | ble to any position, upward or downward, and beneath are shelves sliding outward for convenience in placing goods before cus- toner. The lower portion of the show cases is divided into drawers for duplicate stock. The counter cases, instead of being at the sides, are in a double line down the centre, with space between for the sales . man and are of rosewood fitted with heavy French plate glass. The jewelry trays are of ebony, lined with navy blue velvet or satin.
 The gas fixtures arc of a new and pretty style, steel bronze with gilt trimmings, and are in the form of an arch through the store. producing fine effect by their ref1ec- rear of the room. The private office on the left side of the store is partitioned off with black walnut and plate-glass, and contains a safe for books, etc., and small but rich ly finished cylindrical desk. At the rear is the bookkeeper's office and space for the watchmakers, and Just to the front of the
 former is large fire and burglar proof vault-Herring make. The basement has the same space as the store. and will be oc- cuped for repairing purposes and the sto- rage of duplicate goods which are placed has been done by Potter, Dennison & Co.,, Providence, (designs by O. w. Boyer, in theil employ) side and centre show cases, and woodwork generally; Anderson, Mer- chant & Co. of New York, tiling; Doe & Hunnewell of Boston, tables matching the centre show cases and on which they rest ; and Mitchell, Vance S Go. Of New York, g,s fixtures.
 First 6h entering the store are specimens
 of statuary, and several paintings by MT.
 Thomas Scdgwick Steele, surviving partner
 of the firm, and at the right hand new
 regulator clock, Howard & Co., make, Bos.
 ton. The right hand row of show cases is
 devoted to sterling silver and plated ware,
 the left to bronzes and French fancy goods
 and the centre row of counter cases to jew.
 elry, watches, diamonds, etc., and of all
 these different goods MT. Steele exhibits 6
 fine assortment, principally new goods i'm
 ported for the opening of the new store
 and embracing not only all the standard styles, but numerous novelties placed or the market this season.
 The establishment is conducted under the
 firm name of T. Steele & Son, by Mir
 Thomas Sedgwick Steele. The elder Mir
 Steele, whose death occurred few days since, commenced nuSlneSS at S4O Main St ; in S36, by the purchase of the business o the firm of J. o. < w. Pitkln, and tho
 store was conducted under the name o , Steele & Crocker, and so continued unti ] the death of MT. c. in l842. MT. Steele then assumed the entire business, and 1T
 1866 gave his son an interest under the firn
 name of T. Steele & Son. The old stor at Mo- $40 Main street was retained up tt : Wednesday of last week, nearly forty = years, and it may be said that there are feV ! in Hartford so well known as landmark
 through long continuance in one class 0 > trade The removal to the new and elcgan l premises above described was necessitatet n by the demand for larger accommodation a for stock, and in a great measure the dis U play of fine works of art, the importation q of which has been made speciality. s MT. Thomas Sedgwick Steele, the junio II partner of the late firm, and who will here y, after conduct the business, is widel u known in the jewelry trade, and to n r slight extent outside of his business, ,throug n his literary contributions, and more espe l. cially perhaps, his trout paintings whic have received well merited praise in Hart l' ford and elsewhere, one of them havin /. been accepted last autumn by the Brooklv s Art Academy. MT. Steele is we'll gratifie e with his new establishment, and may we
 be SO, for nothing more elegant or convel V iently arranged can be found in this sec t tion.