Solid Silver Furniture.
A prominent Sheffield firm has just received at the hands of an Eastern potentate an order on a. scale of magnificence never before heard of in either the city itself or the country at large.
One's thoughts turn to tho "Arabian Nights-" when mention is mairle of a Jx'droom suite in solid silver, but such IS tile character of tho order just placed in Sheffield. The customei s name is so far secret., und the only information which can be obtained is that the instructions have come from the Ear East, 1U „1 I hat the question of price is only a lienor consideration.
The designs are of Oriental character an ft of a most elaborate description. Thi' suite, which is in solid silver thrmigfwiut, includes bedstead, a cabinet, (l dressing-table, a dozen chairs, three footbaths, and t-iive hot-water cans-.
The bedstead is of the most .ornate character. Each of the four pillars will be Mil-mounted iiy gracefullymodelh'd female figures nearly three leet in height. The moulding of the I'ooui and other deconaltipns will tl ls o be in sterling silver.,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 192, 18 August 1904, Page 4
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184Solid Silver Furniture. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 192, 18 August 1904, Page 4
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