c 
House Garden 
been made in 
the past. The 
lamps in the 
Tiffany exhibit 
were also 
worthy o 1 
special notice 
from the way 
in which use 
and beauty 
werecombined. 
The solidity ot 
their bases gave 
that sense ot 
security which 
comes from a 
knowledge that 
the article can¬ 
not be easily 
upset and 
which is a part 
of beauty per 
se. The glass 
shades, when 
the lamps were 
lighted, at¬ 
tracted the eye 
like beautiful 
gems, so mar¬ 
velous were the 
colors. 
A compari¬ 
son between 
the products of 
the Rookwood 
Pottery and the 
Royal Copen¬ 
hagen and Swedish ware produces the same 
feeling which is not easy to express in cold 
type, but which impresses the careful observer 
at once. The Rookwood ware shows that 
there is growing in the United States an artis¬ 
tic taste which does not follow old models and 
traditions in art, but which breathes a freshness 
of thought and fancy to be expected in a coun¬ 
try where natural, social and economic condi¬ 
tions are entirely different from those which 
have given birth to European art products. 
I'o the average American, the Rookwood pro¬ 
ducts have come to be associated so entirely 
with dark colors for backgrounds and warm, 
rich shades in decoration that it was a revela¬ 
tion to see the newer works in the lightest and 
A SCREEN BY GEORGE LOGAN 
Executed in gray wood inlaid with silver and such precious stones as pearls and turquoises. 
In the central panel is "Jessie M. King's drawing of the “ Princesses of the Red Rose ” 
most delicate 
tints, which are 
even more 
beautiful, as 
there is a cer¬ 
tain ethereal¬ 
ness about 
them which 
cannot belong 
to dark, rich 
colors. The 
illustrations 
give only the 
merest idea of 
the beauty of 
the Rookwood 
pottery, as the 
coloring is ab¬ 
solutely neces¬ 
sary to its com¬ 
prehension. 
The 
Ameri- 
can exl 
hibit ot 
p 1 u m 
b i n g , 
b a t h- 
tubs, 
ranges, 
and all 
those 
things 
which 
are 
purely practical 
attracted much 
attentio 
n, and 
there 
were 
always 
people 
g a t h 
e r e d 
around 
them 
carefully inves- 
tigating 
these 
household conveniences in which the United 
States can instruct the rest of the world. 
The Swedish exhibit was housed in a large, 
well-lighted apartment, and the objects so 
arranged as to produce a most harmonious 
and pleasing effect. Among the many beau¬ 
tiful productions from the northern country, 
the one which attracted instant attention was 
a large cabinet and writing desk of black oak, 
elaborately carved and inlaid with lighter 
woods. 1 1 was designed by Ferdinand Boberg, 
of Stockholm, and was valued at 26,000 francs. 
An American millionaire had priced it, and 
it is to be hoped it will find a home in this 
country. 
An electrolier, designed by Alice Nordin, 
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