The evening times., 1900-01-16
AMERICAN FURNITURE ABROAD.
A Promising Field offered In south
ern Germany

| ern Germany.
The State Department has received re.
port from Consul worman, at Munich
concerning American furniture in Ger
many. in which he says:
Manufacturers OF furniture should turr
| their attention to Bavaria. especially tC
| Munich and It's vicinity. as prices charged
here. particularly for bird's-eye- maple anC
mahogany yeueered bedroom sets. are
much higher than In the United States.
THE styles in vogue are SO different
| from those at home that they should be
| carefully studied. No double beds are
! wanted. and each set of beds must b.
! matched by a wardrobe patterns iikeA ise
a! TO be carefully studied) and by two night
! stands. as well as a washstand. which last
as here used is about the width OF oar bu-
| reaus or dressers. and is supplied with a
marble top. Night stands are also so sup
| piled.
such bedroom sets. without chairs. OF
with two Enthusiastically cane -bottomed
and to match-retail for about $500 ard
higher. The bird maple sets manu-
factured in Michigan. western New York
and elsewhere in the United States. made
to wholesale with chiffonier and bureau
each supplied with plate-giass mirror. al
from $50 to SO. in good quality. could be
put here at 500. and be beyond cOmpe-
titicn IL the German taste were first con-
sidered by the manufacturers.
Manufacturers of brass and iron beds
tsingleD. as well as of cribs, should com
bine with manufacturers of other house
held goods and open an exhibition here
next year. when the Oberammergau Pas
sion Play and the Bayreuth festival will
draw crowds to this section Of Bavaria.
Much furniture is brought here from
Berlin and other northern German towns.
Considerable furniture is also imported
frGm England, France. and Italy, especial
ly parior furniture. in which the styles do
not differ so radically. Undoubtedly. d
beginning has already been made in ex-
porting such goods from the United States.
but il will pay 90 send competent men to
look over the field for the combined trade,
before or after its annual exhibition in
New York
Makers OF diniug-roOm furniture can
not hope to succeed unless prepared to ex-
hibit for some time. as the German style
Of sideboard and extension tables is alto
gether different and the general way of
fitting up dining-rOom is dependent upon
the use made of the apartment.
AN effort is apparent TO push American
cylinder desks for office and home use, but
manufacturers are losing golden OppOrtu-
mites while attempting to supply what is
not wanted. study Of the desks most in
use here will soon make this Americas s
market for Office furniture.
''One house in Berlin is advertising lib
orally in the papers Of Munich and other
south German towns. and will be re-
warded for its enterprise. II seems hard
Iy necessary to emphasize the fact that
Munich is the third largest city in Ger
many. with nearly 500 000 inhabitants and
growing about as fast as any American
city. IL is so situated as TO be an ex-
cellent distributing point, and should be
promptly looked after for present and fu-
ture trade Thousands Of families are
moving into this city. attracted hither
even from the Rhenish and other northern
provinces because of the artistic advan-
tages. the excellence Of the gymnasiums.
and the university. as well as by the fact
that Munich has the best water supply
and sewerage system IN Europe
Makers of brass lamps also have
good field here American styles would
quickly find favor The best shops do not
offer a lamp worth having for style OF
finish.
Manufacturers exhibiting at Paris
should remember that the middle class of
Germans. who are the best buyers. do
not go in large numbers far from home.
1T is well to consider also that mar
ket here is market made elsewhere.
Consul Monaghan OF Chemnitz. last Sep
tember reported an export OF rough tables
from Germany TO the Transvaal amount
ing in 1897 TO $50 .140 pounds, and there
can hardly be a question that if our
makes of furniture were once well intro
duced on the Continent, and especially in
south Germany. the other markets would
soon be OUTS also"