The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-03
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nat, but over others like tent covering
always so varying in construction that
monotony is disarmed in advance. The
effect is not only directly pleasing to the
eye, but the bright light of the outer
building is subdued, producing a restful
effect on the nerves of the tired observer.
AT the same time not enough light is shut
out to interfere with a satisfactory inspec-
ton OF the exhibits.
The room devoted to the bronze and
silver Is the largest in the section, and in
Guides six separate exhibits in pavilions
OF their own and numerous others estab-
!lshed against the outer walls. This salon
Is al the end of the main passageway
leading IN from the principal portal, but
the entrance to it is slightly INSTRUCTED by
one OF the supporting piers of manufact-
ureS building. 1t is near this pier the
grand double staircase begins, and the
beauty Of the bronze and silver salon is
revealed in all its glory when the visitor
reaches the top of this stairway and looks
down upon 1t through an open balcony.
rms approach is likely to be one of the
most popular of the features of the sec
ton. The staircase itself, some twelve
feet wide, with broad steps and low
rlsers, Will be covered with a velvet car
pet. The walls at the sides are hidden by
cholce original paintings made by the
best French artists, landscapes and allie
gorlcal paintings. Approaching the bal
cony at the head of the stairway the first
things to be seen are three great deco
ratlVe paintings in the bronze and silver
room above the tops of the individual pa
VIllons representing the mountains and
the fields of France and the sea on its
border, with figures wearing the cos
TUNES of the provinces.
ANCIENT CERAMICS REPRODUCED.
Among the individual exhibits there is
one, in the hall of the ceramics, that is
wholly new to this country. 1t is in
| tended to illustrate the reproduction OF
the most ancient ceramics in form, color
ing and material. The firm has repro
duced in brick, or tiles, believed to be
made like the original, the frieze of the
"Archers," palace of the kings, the
original of which was brought from Sue,
Persia, and set up in the Louvre in
Paris. The columns and their CAPITALS
are reduced to one-siXth their original
size, and the figures Of four lions shown
to one-fourth, and yet they are large
enough to constitute part of an ordinary
sized building. Previous attempts have
| been made to reproduce the colorings OF
age and decay in brick and stone by the
use OF terra Gotta, but none has been
wholly successful. The exhibit contains
a vase from the Alhambra which could
easily be passed for the original. There
are hundreds of similar examples.
The corner of the French pavilion, OBJ
poslte the clock tower. has been cut
square of and, behind plate glass front.
has been installed rich display of laces
and embroidery. France does not admit
that enlce is even a competitor in the
manufacture of lace, her own productions
are believed to be so much SUPERIOR She
knew how to make choice lace in the
years gone by, but the art was lost at the
time of the French revolution. Later a
Scotchman name Waree came to Paris
and brought with him a son who a few
years ago revived the lost art by going to
enice himself and making study of it
from the old women, who were the
adopts. To-day he employs 1000 women
in and about Paris in making lace, and
has accumulated a great fortune. When
it was decided that France would exhibit
at the fair he set out to produce marvel
in lace work, and he shows double pair
of curtains, three yards long, for a bay
window, worth $1,000. In all there have
the six months required for their making
1000 women.
Another pair of chrysanthemum design
shown is worth $1,000. There is com
plete decoration for parlor done in gold
thread in imitation of room in the
castle OF RambOuillet, said to be worth
$4,000. The entire exhibit is valued al
$4,000. Waree himself came to superin-
tend the installation Of his exhibit.
France has 100000 square feet of space
in manufactures building, and more than
1000 exhibitors. The silks alone, all OF
which come from Lyons, are valued at
100000 francs, and nothing but samples
are exhibited.