Canadian wood products industries . Fig. 8. When such carving is done in a clumsy, inartistic man-ner the result is deplorable. In Fie 5 are shown excellent specimens of the ro-coco now in the Fontainbleau Palace A recessed bedfrom the Chateau Lausun, Paris, is depicted in Fig. (».These recessed beds were a favorite feature in Fig. 9. monius coloring. Fragonard and Bauche were notedcourt painters of the period and the panellings of thegay interiors in palaces of French royalty and nohihtywere made gay with their work. Will Use Canadian Hardwoods In order to encourage the use of Can
Canadian wood products industries . Fig. 8. When such carving is done in a clumsy, inartistic man-ner the result is deplorable. In Fie 5 are shown excellent specimens of the ro-coco now in the Fontainbleau Palace A recessed bedfrom the Chateau Lausun, Paris, is depicted in Fig. (».These recessed beds were a favorite feature in Fig. 9. monius coloring. Fragonard and Bauche were notedcourt painters of the period and the panellings of thegay interiors in palaces of French royalty and nohihtywere made gay with their work. Will Use Canadian Hardwoods In order to encourage the use of Canadian hard-woods for interior decoration, Baron Shaughnessy hasissued instructions to use nothing but Canadian forestproducts in the sleeping, parlor, dining and observa-tion cars and in the offices and hotel buildings of theCanadian Pacific Railway Company. This decisionwas made only after careful consideration and experi-ment Baron Shaughnessy had samples of all Can-adian hardwoods treated at the Angus shops in Mon-treal, where selected specimens were tested with pol-ishes, stains, etc., and the results showed that the C an-adian woods compared very favorably with importedvarieties. In view of the fact that the interiors otthe Canadian Pacific sleeping, dining, parlor and ob-servation cars and hotels are recognized as setting th
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