New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-17
FRANCE AT THE FAIR.
poRCELAINs FOR USE AND FOR ORNAMENT
The WARES OF LIMOGES AND OF RouEN-soME
CURIOUS OBJECTs-A MEAGRE DISPLAY
OF GLASSWARE

TIE WARES OF LIMOGES AND OF RoUEN-soME
CURIOUS OBJECTs-A MEAGRE DISPLAY
OF GLASSWARE
fyRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF rEE rRrBuxE)
Chicago, July s.-The adaptation of bronze
figures for use in connection with electrical light
ing has afforded the fancy of the French artist
an opportunity for the working out of many
picturesque designs. The introduction of this
feature in the bronze department of the French
court causes some bewilderment to the eye a. ono
gances over the upper portions Of the pavilions.
woman visitor, while going along one of the ave-
pues few days ago, likened the picture presented
10 the trunks and branches of trees stripped Of
foliage. but bedecked with ice as if wintry
storm Of Sect had passed over them. II is
rather poetcal idea, and yet as one looks upon
the different groupings, interspersed with crystal
globes fastened to metallic stems, twisted in all
sorts of shapes, the smile does not seem map
proprate
From the bronze to the silverware pavilions
IA single step toward a more compact-looSing
basis where much beauty from an artistic point
OF view exists. And from silverware to porcc-
lain il another step still in the direction of the
beautiful and artistic, even though the foun1a-
tions be more fragile. There have been some
visitors to the French court who expressed dis
appointment because there was not as lavish
display of porcelain they expected TO find.
Certainly they could not have been disappointed
II they were capable OF Judging of the quality.
There has been no attempt to make an extensive
dispay. but there has been successful effort
to draw together exhibits Of the highest standard
of excellence The Sevres room contains some of
the best specimens Of the products from that
famous mandatory. One does not feel on en-
A. Oh ha is ipfO oh N
china shop he feels when he is in there that he
is in the presence of some of the choicest pieces
that art and skill can devise and produce IN this
particular industry 1t is a dignlfed and ma
jestic exhibit in every sense Of the word.
THE WARE OF LIMOGES.
In the nine of porcelain tableware two of the
oldest establishments in France are superDly
represented These are the well-known producers
of porcelain. J. Pouyat and e. F. Haviland the
first named appearing i'll the catalogue under the
head of the Socete n CeramiQue and the second
in the firm name of f.. Gerard, DufraisseiX a
Co. They have long been rivals in tho develop
ment of the clay of Limoges into the choicest OF
French porcelain. The house of Pouyat was en-
tablished in 1885, that of c. F. Haviland in 1893
The competitive spirit which has existed through
out an entire century brings them together now
under the roof of the Manufactures Building
few feet distant from each other and both pre-
eenting attractions upon which the eye delights
to lnger Both have meanwhile avaied them
selves of every detail of invention for the per
lection Of thrir work, and they have kept side
BY side in the contest for popular favor.
The porcelain manufactured from the clay OF
Limoges has always been famous for its capacity
to endure the most intense heat and for It's lard-
ness as we'll as for its thinness and transparency
tlo of nprfpctlOn
The development of the art of undertaking deco
rations as applied 10 this ware hrs consequently
been most successful The pieces on exhibition
In both the Haviland and Pouyat pavilions have
been prepared especially for thu Columbian IN
position the designs being original ond the decora-
lions having been applied with special reference
20 this display. In the POuyat collection there
is q magnificent banquet set Of plain white. II
is the outcome of several tests of mode', al OF
which succumbed TO some one OF the many accl-
dents to which every product Of these wares Is
subject In the Haviland collection there Is a
complete banquet set CONSISTING OF 2lO pieces
These are decorated by the undcrglaz"d process
and 4, is we'll worth the while of any inter
ested in this line of industry to inspect Closely
The results of this process upon 80 magnificent
@ scale
Undertaking, the fad Of porcelain dccora-
Zion bv amateurs. was extremely Fashionable
few wears ago As a consequences, there no doubt
exists a reasonable knowledge on the part OF
those interested in art works on the subject OF
oorcehin decoration. II is Eecdful, therefore,
only TO state that the process OF uhdrgiazihs
consists of applying the colors to the wares am
passing them through an extreme heat before 'h'
glazing is laid on. This banquet set OF the
Havilands passed through temperature of 5000
degrees Fahrenheit. Manufacturers of the Li-
moCcs porceloins have tested we'll the capacity
of the products of that clay, and they ma tIa'
extreme intensity of heat is n"cc>sary 10 "ilhG
ont the cOlors with all their beautiful tn's'
The glazing subsequently, applied acts very inn n
uuon the colors as varnish upon hord wood OF
eccentric or beautiful grain. IL Is claimed tlia'
ware developed from tho deposits of any Other
rits thus far discovered will break or turn back
undcr such q heat II you ark the secret o. az
,bis copacity for endurance you ere told that
sc;optiec rrseorch has shown that there il some
tb;pc in the quality of the water employed In
,ho ,rorking and moulding OF the Limoges clay
which contributes an element OF strength in TIN,
regard.
rpoer-olazinc, while pleasing In its effects an1
nonular with those who can afford to 20 sose prod
nets Of this High quality Of porcelain, has not
boen nroltable TO manufacturers since the process
has been made available. because Of the great
expense involved. The dangers of breaking from
firing NJ intense heats have boon such that only
tie very best manufacturers with the largest and
most comprehensive plants would assume tho risk
Of heavy losses, constantly liable to Be incnrred
Recent discoveries. howevcr sem 10 ,'m ..s
cost II is claimed also that these wares, De
cause s Of their hardness enable coors TO . be nue."
effectively brought out np cnn S so d fS
n"rceain particnlarly the product OF Ene', y,
Clay. Which from its .oftness has 1emae nn t 'o
absorb coors rather than 20 rrla'h ''''"i y" '"'
surface for the action OF the hea''
RELIEF DECORATION.