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It is expected that some form of catalogue will be issued by the 

 Federation. In this connection only a brief and very general review 

 of the exhibition can be given, but it is desired to emphasize the fact 

 that this splendid array of materials is in a line with one of the 

 Museum's most important branches, in which certain valuable collec- 

 tions have already been assembled. 



The first of the exhibits encountered in approaching from the north 

 entrance, consists of tapestries, which occupy the south side of the 

 lobby and extend on to the walls at both ends. Not only are wall 

 hangings, both large and small, shown, but also several pieces of 

 furniture, chairs and sofas, and two screens, all of American design 

 and tapestry covered. These materials came from four makers, the 

 Herter looms, the Baumgarten looms. Pettier & Stymus, and the 

 Edgewater looms, all of which are located in or near New York. 

 The fabrics were woven on hand looms in precisely the same way 

 that the greatest of the world's tapestries have been made, and prac- 

 tically with the same object in view — that of artistic decoration. 

 Some of the designs are copies of old patterns, while others are new 

 and by American designers. The colorings are very interesting and 

 the texture is pleasing. 



The adjoining foyer or great hall, measuring about 147 feet long 

 by 53 feet wide, has been filled with cases extending in rows through 

 the middle and, with the addition of some screens, placed between 

 the piers and against the walls at the sides. In this area are the main 

 exhibits of glass and pottery, and displays of many other classes of 

 objects, such as textiles, silver, iron, copper and bronze work, jewelry, 

 electric lamps, bookbinding, etc. The display of glass is exceedingly 

 extensive and occupies a main position in the foyer. The largest, 

 consisting of cut glass, is furnished by the Libbey Glass Co., of 

 Toledo, Ohio, and comprises many beautiful examples, both as to 

 design and worlonanship, well illustrating to what a high state of 

 excellence this almost exclusively American industry has been carried. 

 Dorflinger & Sons, of White Plains, Pa., show some very interesting 

 pieces of both cut and engraved glass, while among other contribu- 

 tors are H. C. Mueller, of Yonkers, N. Y., and T. G. Hawkes & Co., 

 of Corning, N. Y. A unique exhibit, sent by Mrs. Sarah Ryel Comer, 

 of Dorchester, Mass., consists of glass and porcelain exquisitely 

 colored with iridescent tints, recalling the soap bubble by the trans- 

 parency of color and delicacy of tone. A representative collection of 

 their f avrile glass, of a type unlike that which is commercially cur- 

 rent, is the contribution of the Tiffany Sudios, of New York. It 

 is chiefly exhibited in the American living room, where two tall and 

 some smaller vases stand on the high shelf of the mantel, while other 

 beautiful examples are shown in a cabinet. In the foyer just outside 



