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the furniture was light, simple, and all construct- 

 ed in right lines. Another remarkable specimen 

 of house-fitting was the room decorated by the 

 artist Whistler, which he described as a har- 

 mony in yellow and gold, in which those colors 

 alone were employed, but in every tinge and 

 shade. 



In the English section the row of frontage 

 houses allowed several exhibitors of house fur- 

 niture the opportunity to display their artistic 

 wares laid out as if for use. In the Prince of 

 Wales's pavilion were hangings of applique em- 

 broidery furnished by the Ladies' Needlework 

 Society, electroplate from the Elkingtons, glass- 

 ware offered by Messrs. Powell and porcelain 

 by the Mintons; the three rooms were fitted 

 with furniture by Messrs. Gillow. Shoolbred 

 & Co. exhibited the style of paneled furni- 

 ture called Early English. One of the houses 

 contained furniture by Jackson & Graham, an 

 ebony and ivory cabinet, and other rich articles. 

 Messrs. Trollope had a room paneled in red 

 cedar in the Louis XVI. style ; Messrs. How- 

 ard a furnished room with a teak parquet. A 

 handsome example of Early English in carved 

 rosewood was from Messrs. Ogden. Norman 

 Shaw showed a new kind of stained-wood fur- 

 niture. Holland & Co. had some polished sat- 

 inwood furniture painted with borders, medal- 

 ions, and cameos. These rooms had carpets, 

 fireplaces, and some even windows. The glass 

 and porcelain exhibits were prominent features 

 in the English section. Powell and the Stour- 

 bridge and Wordsley factories showed blown 

 and molded glass and engraved vessels ; Ward- 

 man, stained glass; and Powell, Lavers, and 

 Barraud, painted windows. In the porcelain 

 and stoneware exhibits the Mintons were prom- 

 inent, with great majolica vases designed by 

 Coleman, Solon, and others. Messrs. Doulton 

 exhibited their novel reproductions of old col- 

 ored grisdsFlandre, and proposed their colored 

 stoneware as the much-needed ornamental ma- 

 terial, for architecture and out-door furniture, 

 which will defy the moist London climate. 

 Messrs. Binns exhibited handsome Worcester 

 vases by the late Th. Bott, in bleu de roi en- 

 ameled over the glazing. The principal Brit- 

 ish jewelers and silversmiths, except the Elk- 

 ingtons, failed to exhibit. Dressing-cases and 

 toilet services were abundantly exhibited ; bog- 

 oak and cairngorm-pebble trinkets were dis- 

 played. Not much was seen in leathern trunks 

 and saddlery, nor in artists' materials, paper, or 

 toys. Blackie & Sons exhibited some book- 

 binding. Watches and clocks were very im- 

 perfectly represented. The show of English 

 textiles was the fullest and most important de- 

 partment in the section. The woolens, cottons, 

 yarns, threads, twists, laces, and curtains, from 

 Nottingham and Buckinghamshire, were heaped 

 and massed together in enormous quantities. 



The exhibits of the Australian colonies were 

 large and fine. That of South Australia com- 

 prised excellent specimens of wheat, wool, 

 and copper ; good wine and olive oil ; gold in 



nuggets and ingots ; some goldsmiths' and sil- 

 versmiths' work which was wrought with 

 much skill and taste; stuffed birds and rugs 

 of very fine texture woven from the hair of 

 the Angora goat; and a collection of native 

 weapons and hunting implements. Victoria, 

 Queensland, New South Wales, and the other 

 South Sea colonies had also good displays of 

 wool, skins, fruit, etc. A carriage-builder ex- 

 hibited vehicles of unusual form, very high 

 upon the wheels, which were quite strong and 

 light. 



Canada erected a trophy in the form of a 

 tower, 100 feet high and 30 feet square at the 

 base, constructed of her native woods, and 

 containing a selection of the products of her 

 mines and forests and samples of manufactured 

 wares; the exhibits were viewed from pro- 

 jecting balconies, which were ascended by a 

 staircase in the interior; the structure was 

 surmounted by a peaked roof made from na- 

 tive roofing materials, slate, shingles, and bark. 

 This tower was placed in the grand transept 

 of the British section. A longitudinal and a 

 transverse section of a pine-tree, 300 feet high 

 and 8 feet in diameter, were shown in the 

 Canadian department ; the age of the tree was 

 calculated to be 566 years. 



The English display of machinery was large. 

 There were locomotives from the Messrs. 

 Sharp and the Brighton Company; rails, 

 sleepers, switches, brakes, and signals ; parts 

 of railway engines; mining machinery for 

 boring, pumping, etc. ; wood-working ma- 

 chines from Rochdale, for sawing, fret-sawing, 

 piercing, mortising, and mitering ; mules, jen- 

 nies, carding machines, winding machines, a 

 new ring-throstle machine, etc. ; light and 

 compact fire-engines, by Messrs. Merry weather ; 

 and machines for making machinery and tools, 

 and many other purposes. Some of the ma- 

 chinery was in action, the steam-power being 

 furnished by Messrs. Galloway. 



Japanese Exhibit. The Japanese exhibited 

 their artistic products in great variety. There 

 were bronzes cast, chiseled, damaskeened, and 

 in all tones of color ; the enamels were fine, 

 and the porcelain of the finest, some of the 

 specimens being of huge size. The woodwork, 

 wonderfully carved, inlaid, and polished, was 

 not wanting. Stuffs were shown in variety. 

 Among the curiosities were a silver tea-service 

 inlaid with semi-transparent enamel, and an 

 anatomical model of full size, very correct and 

 ingenious ; also a lacquered screen representing 

 leaves composed of mother-of-pearl, porcelain, 

 gold, and silver on a black ground, which cost 

 13,000. The porcelain of Koranska was well 

 represented, and that of Satsuma and other 

 places. Enameling in silver is a new art in 

 Japan. The articles exhibited gave evidence 

 that this artistic race have improved by their 

 studies of European art, without sacrificing in 

 any degree their own national style; and that 

 notwithstanding the large demand for Japan- 

 ese work for export, and the temptations to 



