1893 Chicago Worlds Fair French Furniture Parisian Art ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4

"A Display Of French Furniture." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the French Furniture Display at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. The display showed the grace and beauty of the paintings on satin, the tapestry-work, and the treatment of rosewood and gilded metals, which are the principal attractions of Parisian furniture. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of halftone prints of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. This original collection of the fair's many architectural, artistic, mechanical, agricultural, industrial, archeological, ethnological, historical, and scenic attractions was printed in 1893. The World Columbian Exposition was held from May to October 1893 in Chicago in honor of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the new world. In competition with many other cities, Chicago was finally designated the official site and t