The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
GREAT BRITAIN AT ST. LOUIS.
Wren's orangery at Kensington HI
 RaaF7 Renroduoal

dftEAI BRITAIN Al cl- 1OO4c-
 WTen's orangery at Kensington Has
 Been Reproduced.
 Colonel c. A. Watson, secretary of the Royal Commission on the St. Louis exhibition and Commissioner-Gener has just taken possession of his offices in the pavilion erected on the Worlds Fair grounds by the British govern ment, says the London Times. This is a reproduction and adaptation of Wren's Orangery at Kensington Palace. It has been erected from designs made by British architect, and the work of erection has been carried through by the well-known London contractors, Messrs. George Trollope & Sons. It is understood that the cost has been some thing over twenty thousand pounds (one hundred thousand dollars.)
 As usual in all exhibitions, the Brit ish commissioners have not been con- tent to put up temporary building in plaster or, as it is known technically, staff, but have made it as solid as if it were to stand the test of time.
 The finishings and furnishings of the
 
 with the character of the apartments represented. The banqueting hall, with fine paneling, is a reproduction of the Orangery at Kensington Palace. The plaster ceiling Is enriched with the roy al arms and festooned holdings of fruit and flowers, the work of the eontrac- tors. The furniture of this room, by the same firm, comprises fine reproductions of historical examples of the Queen Anne period. The old console tables formed part of the collection at Mers- tham House (Lord Hylton.) The chairs are reproduced from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Westmoreland and others. The brass chandeliers are lpatterned upon fine old examples. Next to the banqueting hall is fine suite of rooms designed in old English styles.
 The Elizabethan room has an orna- mental ceiling copied from the break fast room of Holland House, to the de-
 signing and production of which some Iof the best artists of the day contribu- Ited. The chimney piece, paneling and lplaster frieze are taken from we'll
 known examples, such as Bromley Pal lace, Knole Park. Crewe Hall and oth- lers. The furniture belongs to the same lperiod, the small cabinet being a copy Iof one dated 1921, formerly belonging to Archbishop Sharp The two large cabi- Inets are also examples of the period. Tn the center is copy of a fine old lElizabethan table, formerly in the ex- lhibitor's possession. The armchair and lsettee are adapted from models in the famous collection of Elizabethan furni- lture of Kno1e Park, Kent, the seat of Lord Sackvi1le. while the high backed
 armchair and stool are exact reproduc-
 tions from the same collection, from
 which are also drawn the designs for N the chandeliers. The armor was for lmerly in the collection of the late Earl
 of Egmont at Cowdray, who also pos lsessed the originals of the four chairs
 covered in old embroidery.
 The Georgian room, with white carved |panelings and mahogany doors, is a fine
 specimen of English work of the period, Reproduced from on old house at Epson. 4 The furniture consists of beautiful ex- lamples of the period with few repro
 duetions of old pieces formerly in the
 exhibitors possession. The wall lights Iare copies of old ones. The Adams
 room, with it's enriched plaster ceiling,
 frieze and doorways, is taken from ex- amples designed by Robert and James ! Adams in the latter part of the eigh- teenth century. The furniture in this room Il the manner of Sheraton and comprises many actual examples of the period. The large room (Queen Anne) is designed in the style of Sir Christo- pher Wren, the details being taken from Hampton Court Palace and Bolton House, where Grinling Gibbons execu- ted some of his best wood-carving un- der Sir Christopher's direction. It's fur ! niture is from old examples, some oi which were in the possession of the Messrs. Trollope. The original chaii came from the collection of Lord Hyl. ton, at Merstham House, the settee was prepared for Queen Anne's reception a , Forde Abbey, while the cabinet is ar old one procured from family in whicf it has been for generations.
 When the exhibition opens the pavil ion will be further decorated witt paintings, as at the last Paris exhibi tion, when this work was carried ou ], with great success under MT, Isidort Spielmann, now, as then, secretary O the Fine Art committee, under tn,
 chairmanship of Sir Edward Poynter MMost of the staff of the commission have already proceeded to St. Louis where, so far, at least, as the Brltisi exhibit is concerned, everything will b, \ in good time for the opening day-Apri 30. It now seems probable however that as usual, there will be considera ble delay in the installation of some O < the exhibits notably those from Amer ica itself. The excuses given for thi, \ are well known, viz; The weather, dila a toriness in starting work and unexpect ed blocks in the transportation facilities \ from the seaboard provided by the rail