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The direct lighting is wholly from the west, where the outer wall 
is pierced with five large windows, provided with heavy curtains to 
protect the delicately tinted fabrics against fading. The walls and 
ceiling are uniformly of an old ivory tint, and the only decoration 
on the former, hung high above the cases, is the celebrated painting 
by Henry Sandham, entitled “The March of Time,” representing a 
review of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston Common, in 
which the faces are mostly portraits of prominent officers and women 
of the Civil War. 
The furnishings of the range are varied though not inharmonious. 
The White House costumes are in large rectangular cases, with ebon- 
ized frames and polished hardwood floors, which generally measure 
5 by 8 feet square and 8 feet high. Each contains a single figure, 
except one in which two have been installed. The 14 cases now pro- 
vided are in two rows, 83 feet apart, the intervening space serving 
as the main thoroughfare through the range from north to south. 
Filling each of the broad interspaces between the piers on the three 
inner walls, except at the three openings, is a standard alcove case, 
which in appearance and purpose is the equivalent of a wall case. 
In front of the piers, with one exception, are placed smaller cases, 
six of the single lay figure pattern and three of about the same 
height but somewhat wider. The entire space below the windows 
on the west wall is occupied by a single sloping table case with an 
upright back fitted with shelves. The remaining space, that between 
the above-mentioned case and the nearest row of White House figure 
cases, is used for a series of six American cases arranged crosswise. 
These consist each of two sections of the floor type of sloping top, 
placed back to back, with a small rectangular upright case between 
and above them. : 
Lay figures, as before explained, have been employed only for the 
White House costumes; and after several attempts to avoid the ap- 
pearance of the commercial manikin so often seen in store windows, 
recourse was had with entire success to the methods employed in 
producing the ethnological groups in the Museum. This meant a 
greater expenditure of time and labor than had been intended and 
a considerable delay in beginning the installation, but the results 
have more than justified this course, the presentation of this part 
of the collection being exceedingly dignified and wholly commend- 
able. The heads, shoulders, arms and hands—the only exposed 
parts—are in plaster, the remainder of the construction being of 
wood and metal. The work is sculptural, but the delicate ivory tint 
given the plaster removes all sense of coldness and produces a har- 
mony with the drapery that results in a remarkably pleasing effective- 
ness. A portraiture of any of the faces has not been attempted; 
