The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

for cooking human flesh. The rearrange.
| ment of the museum and the new annex
| greatly improve it and make it one oil
| the most beautiful. elaborate and valuable
in the country. Director Nj. III. de Young,
| Curator G. P. Wilcomb and Assistant
| Curator Rae Brown pointed out new
| things of interest to friends and visitors.
| Among the special points of interest in
the reopened museum are the following:
The museum now has twenty-five halls
which cont ,in different objects of1nterest.
| Callfornia's s resources are by no means for
gotten. One hail contains concentrated
exhibits OF California woods, another Cali
fornia minerals and third exhibits OF
California's natural products.
The model-room comprises an interest
ing exhibit OF various models. There are
several realistic models of the residences
and strongholds of the cliff -dwellers, to-
biographical model of Yosemite Valley and
relief map of California.
The artroom contains a very fine collec-
tion OF medallions in ivory, vellum and
porcelain, and varied new collection of
enamels.
The tapestry hall comprises O rich and
rare collection of old Dutch, old Flemish
and Italian and Bouyais tapestries, which
are very beautiful, and a rare display OF
furniture of the styles of the first empl re-,
Louis XIV and XVI, and Italian and Flor
entine cabinet work. There are also here
old Dutch and French clocks, and Louis
XIV sleigh.
Armorv Hall is one of the most inter-
esting in the new museum. 1t contains,
among the new things, collection of
powder horns richly carved, ivory inlaid
guns, crossbows, argue ebusiers, one of
the first cannons ever made, a unique COL
lection of pistols, and an array of French,
German and English helmets, spears,
knives and battleaxes.
Not the least interesting among the
halls is that of American curios, compris-
ing arrowbeads, stone arrows, sharpeners
and large and brilliant collection of
Indian wearing apparel. Other halls con-
tain curlos possessing religious interest,
such as relics from churches of great age !;
another hall Chinese, Japanese and other
curios from Oriental countries. Egyptian
curios occupy another hall. This collec-
ton is yet incomplete, as the main ex-
hibits have not yet arrived. Beautiful
bas reliefs of Pantheon frieze may be seen
on the walls.
A new collection Of ivories is in another
hall. This collection is considered mag
nificent. 1t is very old, consisting of
French, German, Japanese and other
curios. Here also is @ unique collection
of keys and locks of the Renaissance and
Gothic periods, showing magnificent work
manship, including padlocks, knockers,
dOorpullS and an exqulSltely ornamented
collection of fhand-wrought irou for chests,
doors, ETC., running back as far as the
eleventh century. There are also gold
keys used as badges of office by the cham
berlains of various German courts; also a
collection of old stirrups, rosettes and
escutcheons.
Music hall would be an appropriate
name for another department. Among
the new additions are Louis XIV grand
piano, with double bank of keys. II is
elaborately carved and covered with gold
leaf. The inside of the top is handsomely
ornamented with landscape and figure
paintings. Also In the hall are a Louis
XIV harp, carved. embossed and enam-
eled; Tyre of the First Empire and some
stringed instruments and reed pipes.
There is also q very beautiful collection of
sixty new fans of the time of Louis XIV,
XIV and XVI. A collection OF knives
and forks in this room com prises styles
which date back 1000 years. The handles
are made of iron, wood. steel, ivory, pearl
and buckhorn, handsomely carved and
lnlaid.
Several additions have been made to the
ceramic room which are exceedingly fine.
great collection of Sevres plate, pate en-
pate, is a reproduction OF the handsomest
plate produced at Sevres, the original set
being in the Louvre Museum, Paris.