The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
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FURNITURE OF SILVER.
Tho Magnificent Boudoir Outfit of Bos.
ton Millionaire's Bride.

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ton Millionaire's Bride.
In the private Office of great manu-.
tseturing jewelry house of this city, one
corner is fitted up in-a unique manner
for the delectation of chosen customers
who may be admitted to look at it. II
connects with a ladies' dressing-room,
all the furnishings OF which are made
of silver and plate-glass No less SPLEEN
did materials have been used in the pro-
duction of this sumptuous outfit, which
is undoubtedly the finest ever manu-.
featured in this country.
The furniture and fittings are in the
Louis XIV. style. They are beautiful
in design. and their elegance is, oil
course, EXCHANGED by the richness and
brightness of the materials used in theiI
construction, They are said to be
partially copied from sisimilar set made
for Nine. Dubarry, the mistress of Louis
XIV, which were seized by the mob dur
ing the French revolution and melted
down for the sake Of the metal in them.
The chief object in this set is the
dressing table, This is "a small table,
with swelling front and bowed legs, the
top being double-th;ck sheet of plate
glass set on a sheet OF polished silver.
The mirror is set in curved standards,
and is an oval, inclosed in silver
frame. In the body of the table are
drawers, fitted up to hold tools of the
tot et,- which are also in silver and
crystals Next comes a de table, with
an oval top of double plate, trimmed
with silver. 1t is designed in harmony
with the dressing table; as are also the
chairs, which are three in number, up
hostered with cloth woven Of silver
thread.
Not the least beautiful object in the
collection is the wash-stand 1t is oil
the same metal and design as the rest,
and is furnished with wash-bowl in
carved and hammered silver, waste.
water pail to.match, and water-pitcher
of harmonious design. The towel-fra'me
is of silver; and with the wash set goes
a silver foot-bowl, which sets in a
short-legged silver stand.
Each piece is charmingly decorated
with graceful scroll work relieved by
lowered ornamentation of daisies. An
additional richness and variety is
secured by having the hearts of the
daisies in gold. In order to further
vary the effects of the silver and render
1t brilliant without being glazing, acids
have been used to cloud and color it in
parts
The metal used in constructing this
masterpiece of extravaganza was silver
bullion, purchased at the sub-treasury,
and given just enough alloy to render it
tenuous enough for working. 1t is all
worked by hand, the metal having been
forged into rods, hammered into sheets,
and then welded, rivited, and set up in
rough, all the ornaments being chiseled
or hammered on it by manual labor.
The chiseling was done by one artist in
metal, and the repousse or hammered
by another, and both were employed
upon the work upward OF four months.
The set is intended for tho wife OF a
Boston millionaire who is building a
palace for himself at the Hub. No one
but the owner and the manufacturer
has any idea of what it will cost, and
the latter nearly had At when he dis
covered that'a reporter of onevof ''those
dreadful newspapers had actually ex-
amined the magnificent luxury OF
wasteful ostentatiousnesss- IN. X. News.