The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14756927216)

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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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stairway are finishedin parquetry of various design. They also display wood carpetsof all kinds, and other interior finishinor of handsome character. MANUFACTURKS. 117 The Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company, of New Milford, Con-necticut, includes various specimens of foreign and domestic woodsin the exhibit. They are placed In the shape of panels set artistic-ally side by side in an oak frame, showing the effect produced by the various fin-ishings manu-factured by thiscompany, whenapplied to differ-ent woods. TheGendoon IronWheel Com-pany, of Toledo,Ohio, shows afine display ofreed furnitureand bamboonovelties. The exhibitof Ceramics inthe Manufac-tures Buildinoris separated,and whileFrance has thefinest display,yet that ofAmerica Ishighly credita-ble. The sec-tion Includesnot only fineChina, plain and decorated, but also the coarser manufactures of clay, suchas brick and other things of the same character. The HydraulicPress Brick Companies of the United States unite in making a dis-
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PERSIAN EWER. Exhibited by Edwin Bennett Pottery Co. lib MANXrFACTURES. play of hydraulic brick of many colors and fancy designs. Theyhave erected a magnificent arch displaying to best advantage thebeauty of their work, which during the exposition has attractedmuch attention. Of a different character, but included in the samevicinity, is the display of the Rookwood Pottery, which .s manufac«tured at Cincinnati. The ware is a true faience, made of clays fromdeposits in the Ohio valley, while the decorators, with the exceptionof one Japanese, and including the founders of the works, are grad-