The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-20
The John Hoey Collection.

The late Mr.. John Hoey appears TO have delighted u
very snowy and costly surroundings In his homo. The
collection OF furniture and household Adornments
which he made and which Is now on exhibition At tie
American Art Galleries before its sale At auction. 10
simply dazzling In q certain splender OF gilt velour.
marble. bronze. silver, and porcelain The catalogue
numbers more than ]. 100 lots. OF which there arc come
100 plates alone. They comprise nne decorative
pieces OF Royal Worcester. Grown Derby. Iintonh
Royal Berlin. stafordshire. Dresdsns. and early sevreA
together with dinner services and miscellaneous po~
ceiains There is = gittering collection. too. Of cut
engraved. and enamelled glass. some OF IL very beaa
tifuI. and such as former guests at Nj. Hoey's board
must recall with pleasure.
The vases. ornaments, French lamps. and French
clocks that now adorn tho American Art Galleries
must have made Mr.. iIoey's parlors appear very mach
like an overstocke ed museum. Many OF them are lArgs
and all are snowy. It is safe TO assume. too. that all
were costly. Among the miscellaneous pieces In the
collection Is q nammo 9th silver salvsr. nearly i've feet
In diameter, that Is SAID 70 have been made for the
khsdive OF Egypt. and - have been found after the
bombardment OF Alexandra burned four feet under
ground. II is deliberately engraved and chased in noral
and a~rabesque patterns with a star and crescent Dor
der. and a rim IN high relief. with fruit lower. and
foliage ornanen,ation. There are wall and mAntei
clocks IN a great variety Of brass. bronze. boule. And
Dresden porcelain cases, and some seventy.nve or
eighty pieces OF bronze. some OF them very good e.
amples OF French casting. and including the pair %
gladiator by GtlieMin, OF which the only other proofs
made b=!ons TO the French Minister Of Pins Arta
There are a score OF marble busts and statues By AIs
Hosmer. Guarnerio. Tantardiu. ana Cordier.
But tito most splendid effects IN Nj. Hoeyls par''S
must have been derived from his imported furn!,u-s
ard French md Dresden mirrors. the giifei beautItsN
tie former being repeated on every baud By ths -
ished plate surfaces OF the latter. Besides = lot o,sti
and Individual chairs. teAkwood Stands. hsrp9o
tables. eboay and marble ped.stAlS siieboar's SD
dressing tables. there are several suits OF tFA~rs
room furniture. with gilt frames. In Louis Nf ahi
LOUIS WI. Styles. upholstered in SIX yeloGrs of:hs Ua''
startling patterns. The general effect OF tins fa-r'i.--'
A. IT Is now grouped foo exhibition is that .: lac "@
c,un-it cave o. gems in the pant mime itaHs;a.S~
lion scene,
AnumDer AZ Chinese erlN:aiteriss, lace covert sHi
spreads. aud Persian fgss ~cuIuplet, t.e hogsetlr".sA'
iugs BESIDES there are NAM books, mostly oifs
deliberately Illustrated ,oFt. together win -Oise YALE
Le Giles Of newspaper, and illustrated Pc"p''c1''. ana
By sehessinger. ro1n,ana, De DrsuE. j. u. J. 70
uua. NcrsoccEaavsa. and Kloomssck. and Jas b--'
ton Tie breton a.uHe Ia interesting. l. wss Grre u
ls,~ aui Won ! hardly be identified nos ~ sEAHss
A. by the paii.'er whose name IL bear, % 'eA.-i
The Village H.ns shop and rep,rsAnis = tipN
loulrsr being t4rned gu; ana dT.vrl HON" 'y MS I'M
,ai,rt wife. Tho in'cTc.rtur crowd 81 tavern l-tts
and toper. regard This eviction with h-' 5 mi'd cen
o,rn a, being n. rhaps an rE-ry.daY occur rch
the l 700 decorative plates Mil be 'o.i On sAiuF'7'
mex, ami Monday. Tse,iav and ESjE''"a' OF HsN
week. afternoon and evening. the rema 11e- OF ''
co lection w!I bs disp'sel a.