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Reports of the Massachusetts commissioners to the exposition at Vienna, 1873 : with special reports prepared for the Commission / edited by Hamilton A. Hill
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lamp in hand, and the leather apron behind. This is made of two sizes: the smaller being one foot two inches high,

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the* other three feet six inches, and both suitable as ornaments in mining- schools, museums and res­idences. There are also figures in similar style typical of agriculture and forestry.

Suits of armor, in a dozen or more different styles, are produced for the exterior decoration of the gateways of castles or vestibules and halls in the interior. Being prac­tically indestructible by the weather, they can be freely exposed. It would be easy, if desired, to cover such groups for interior decoration with metallic paints or bronze- powders, in imitation of steel or iron.