THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS

Messrs. W. & J. Saxgster, Regent-street, London, haveachieved and merited a reputation for the excellence oftheir Parasols and Umbrellas. A prize medal awarded at

fillip

is

I ■-**///

tmmm

the Exhibition of 1851, testifies to their merit. Weare, however, only concerned with the ornamentalpart of their productions—the Carved Iv%ry Handles,of which we engrave four, on this and the op-

posite page. Many of these are grotesque and amus-ing, and all evince much taste, and are well sculp-tured.

Other examples of good taste and excellent carv*

ing, are presented in the two Fire Screens, illus-trated on these pages of the Record. They arecontributed by Jeremiah Fox, wood carver, of Lynn,

England. The stands and frames are highly ornament-al, and the screens are in Berlin worsted work.

A massive Chair for the library is exhibited by

" v - ;

mm

KISS

G. Zora, of Turin, Sardinia. The decorations are inthe Grecian style, and are almost entirely overlaidwith gilding. It has a very rich appearance.

96

The remaining four illustrations of these pages repre-sent the contributions of Pierre Adrien Graillon, ofDieppe (Seine Inferieure). They are placed in the Exhi-