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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Moen Co., of Worcester, Mass. Theyshow iron and steel wire, both plain and barbed, in many sizesand patterns, and in great quantity. Another display of highgrade manufactured metal is that of the Claus Shear Co., of Fre-mont, Ohio, containinof all kinds andsizes of scissors and shears. The Bridshsection in theManufactu resbuilding is diag-onally oppositethat of the Unit-ed States, at thecentre of thestructure. Thepavilion itself isnot as elaborateas some of theothers, but thedisplays contain-ed therein aremagnificent.England hasnever beforemade such a dis-play out of herown realm as ishere seen. Intextile fabrics,furniture and inpottery it partic-ularly excels. The most notable of all is that of Hampton & Sons, of London.Their exhibit is a reproduction of the banqueting hall of HatfieldHouse, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury. The whole of thisrichly carved Elizabethan interior is reproduced in solid oak, fumedto the rich nut-brown shade of the original. The floor is of alter*
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A CORNER OP HATFlEIvD BANQUETING HAI.I,. Exhibit of Hampton & Sons. 124 MANUFACTURES. nate squares of black and white marble, and the furniture, tapestries,armor, etc., are of the Ehzabethan era. The pavilion of Doulton & Co., of Lambeth, exhibits their mag-nificent pottery-wares. It covers aspace 60 by 30 feet, on Columbia av-enue, and comprises two arcaded pavil-ions at either side of the site, connectedin the centre by a domed hall. Thedraperies are of dark green plush,and the woodwork is painted in shadesof liorht orreen. The architectural de-sio^n is also verv rich. The ricrht handpavilion is devoted to the Burslemworks, and the left hand to those fromthe works at Lambeth. Beside ex-hibits showing the methods of thework, there are art wares in thenature of vases, which are of remark-able bsauty. They include the Colum.bus vase, the Chicago vase, the Dianavase, the Dante vase, and a numberof others, all in the highest style of theart. Daniels, of London, has a displaywhich

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