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cope of the sixteenth century, 3 pieces of brocade of the seventeenth 

 century, a piece of red silk and 2 pieces of red velvet; from Miss 

 Emily Tuckerman, 2 pieces of Louis XIV and 1 of Louis XVI 

 embroidery; from the Kev. F. Ward Denys, a large Persian rug said 

 to have been worked after a design by Raphael; and from Mrs. 

 James Maginn, a small bag ornamented with beads and 4 embroidered 

 handkerchiefs from Cuba, besides several samples for crocheting 

 fringe. Mrs. Maginn also deposited 18 Spanish fans of the eighteenth 

 century and 1 of the period of Louis XVI; and Mrs. James Tait 

 Beck, of Camden, Ala., 2 late '' Empire" fans. 



Among miscellaneous articles placed on exhibition in connection 

 with the textiles were a papillon ring and a figurine of an Egyptian 

 god mounted in antique gold as a necklace, from Mrs. John Jay 

 White; a bracelet of blue enamel and niello work on a woven gold 

 band, from Miss Jennie M, Griswold; a gold bracelet which belonged 

 to Mrs. Isaac Chauncy Long, from the Misses Long; and a mirror, 

 called a "trumeau," the upper part of which frames an oil painting, 

 from Miss Emily Tuckerman. Also placed with the textiles is a 

 series of 57 photographs of designs of suits of armor made by Hans 

 Holbem for the great tournament of Henry VIII, which were received 

 as a gift from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 VISITORS. 



The exhibition halls of the Museum are open to the public on every 

 week day throughout the year, including holidays, and those in the 

 new building on Sundays also. The hours are from 9 a. m. to 4.30 

 p. m. on week days, and from 1.30 to 4.30 p. m. on Sundays. 



The total number of visitors admitted to the new building during 

 last year was 319,806, an increase over the previous year of 37,919. 

 Of this number, 261,636 represented the week-day attendance, and 

 58,170 the Sunday attendance, making the daily average for the 

 former 836, and for the latter 1,118. At the older Museum building 

 the total attendance was 173,858, and the daily average 555, the 

 corresponding figures for the Smithsonian building having been 

 142,420 and 455, respectively. The Sunday average for the new 

 building varied considerably at different periods, having been largest 

 during the spring, and amounting to 3,343 for the month of May. The 

 maximum Sunday attendance was 5,134, on May 4. 



The week-day attendance at all of the buildings was very much 

 greater in March than in any other month, as is always the case in 

 years of presidential inauguration, the Museum being one of the 

 principal attractions for the large crowds which gather in Wash- 

 ington for that occasion. During inaugural week alone, or from 



