International studio (44.1911)

A Theatre Curtain of Glass Mosaic


MOSAIC CURTAIN OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL THEATRE

A THEATRE CURTAIN OF GLASS
MOSAIC
k The National Theatre, which is now

nearing completion in the City of
Mexico, will be one of the most important and
beautiful structures in the world. The building is
constructed entirely of white marble, much of
which has been supplied from the quarries of
Mexico and the remainder from Carrara.

Senor Adamo Boari, the distinguished architect

ing to express the romantic story of the two vol-
canoes—Ixtaccihuatl and Popocatepetl—he had
decided to depict. In order to make a true pic-
ture of the scene an artist was sent to Mexico to
paint the requisite details.
The magnitude of the undertaking may be ap-
preciated when it is stated that the curtain con-
tains more than 2,500 square feet of glass mosaic
and weighs twenty-seven tons. The curtain will
be operated by hydraulic pressure, and the time
required to raise or lower it, seven seconds.

of the City of
Mexico, devoted
much time and
thought to the se-
lection of a suit-
able curtain, which
must not only be
fireproof but dec-
orative in charac-
ter. Various at-
tempts were made
with paints, with
Bohemian and
Venetian glass, but
without success,
until it was sug-
gested that a mo-
saic curtain of Tif-
fany Lustre Glass
would combine
safety against fire
with the decorative


merits of a paint-

1NTERIOR OF THEATRE AND MOSAIC CURTAIN

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