The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-13
WORKS OF ART.
What One Who Visits the Boston stor
Sees.

What One Who Visits the boston stor,
Sees.
IL IL not often that one visits u depart
ment store In search of true works of art.
Nor on the other hand. does one ever
visit an artists studio to find the dura-
BILE and useful. It is with pleasure. there
fore, that we call the attention of NEWS
readers to the fact that the Boston Store
furnishes a department In which utility
and elegance, durability and artistic ef-
fort are so harmoniously blended ~ to
leave the cursory observer In doubt as TO
where the one leaves off and the other
begins, II. indeed, it can be said that the
beauty and usefulness there exempli ted
are in any way disassociated.
1t was in the rug department OF he
Boston store that a reporter for tho NEWS
saw what was to him veritably revela-
tion OF the high state OF perfection at
tainabls in the manufacture of artistic
floor coverings. A single rug furnished
theme for long and admiring study.
A thousand bright and beautiful colors
In sinuous waves, In checks, squares and
innumerable other geometrical figures,
peep here aud there beneath the soft
textures. A thousand glittering pearls
seem to fash beneath the surface OF these
beautiful tapestries, changing with each
angle of vision.
Interest being awakened In lthese sur
passing works OF art, one naturally de-
slres TO know whence they came and how
they came into the Possession OF the firm.
Inquiry developed the fact that they are
supplied by syndicate trade company
operating through a local syndicate
branch at New York city. OF which the
Boston hause firm Is a member Acting
through this agency the most beautiful
and luxurious tapets from the master
workmen Of the Oriental factories are OBJ
fat m nAd In or sopff haS 81 sl..,
prices are accessible to all.
Hindostanee has opened her treasure
vaults to furnish rich carpets IF inde-
scribable beauty and texture; Gulistan,
not TO be outrivaled is represented here
also with beauteus fabrics: Bokhara
turn; the choicest products of Afghani-
stan and India have also been especially
imported for the use of the firm; grand
old Russian rugs such as no manufac-
turer in the Western hemisphere can pro-
duce have found resting place here, and
not to DO forgotten are the beautiful
French plushes.
One thousand people viewed the mag
nificent assortment yesterday. and 1t was
truly a sight that no one can forget or
desire to FORGET. The assortment of
sizes and colors in the oriental products
Is positively bewildering. The sizes range
from door rugs to magnificent Hindostan
deep and vivid as to cause one to question
whether color II not . quantity instead Of
q quality, are incorporated into the very
fibre of the goods. The richest and gloss
lest black, the most brilliant red tho
very purple of the Iyreans, the golden
perfection OF green, pink, white, ochre
aud innumerable colors are here blended
in such variegated assortment and har-
monious combination that IL 10 little
wonder IL one questions that they are
the work OF morGRls.
The maRniacence of the figures in these
priceless gems almost beggsrs dsscrip- |
tion. 1t may be truly said that the de-
signs alone would place these articles in |
the front rank OF artistic endeavor.
Stories of the Oriental harem we have |
with us always. The beautiful carpets |
aud rugs that have made these harems |
famous all over the world we do not |
now and 1t will amply repay any one who |
has spark OF the aesthetic in his nature /
10 visit the Boston store simply for the
purpose of viewing grand work of art
4 Tor no other. The matchless
shades ,ha .oiH.i and blsndings Of beaute-
Of tracery and figure can |
not fail to captivate the fancy even of |
hose most devoid of artistic perception.
IL 10 gallery Of richness and beauty not |
.urpassed by any house in the country.
rhe practical as we'll AS the artistic mind |
,an here find food for enjoyment and in
'truction.
A cheaper grade Of rugs Is also on sale
n this department, noticeable amoug
hem being fine line of choice sheep.
'kins, so beautifully aud indelibly coll
,red AS to defy all criticism even from the
most critically inclined. Prices range
according to quality. from $40 up into the
hundreds; the tints from sombre black to
he most brilliant rays of the rainbow.