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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
repassed, probably thinking nothing of the wonderful work
they were treading underfoot.
This staircase is designed and executed by Langley
Banks, architect, of Parliament-street, Hull, author of
" The Joiners' Instructor on Staircasing and Handrailing."
The arrangement of the stairs occupying only the space of
one staircase, is particularly applicable and well adapted
for use in all establishments where a show-room is re-
quired, and also for an hotel where two persons can be
going up and down at the same time, and be secluded from
each other.
The height is 23 feet, and the diameter 15 feet. The
steps are 4 feet long and 7i inches high. They are sup-
ported by two iron strings, the outside one being 37 feet
long, 5^ inches wide, and f ths of an inch thick; and the
msideone the same length, 5* inches wide, and I
inch thick. Twelve iron bolts extend from the SjLT
the outside, and angle-iron from string to s trine on? °
are screwed to the rise, and tied and bolted to&the float6
as also to the landing, by |ths of an inch bolts. The whnl'
is self-supporting. The ornamental part of the work iuX
the stairs is carved out of the solid wood, and secured hi
glue and screws. Three thicknesses of wood strings are
connected with the iron-work, both inside and outside
This description will probably satisfy such of our readers
as require a mere general notion of this really clever and
admirable work. For such as wish for further information
a reference to the architect will be necessary, as the design
is patented, and cannot be applied without his permission
We understand, however, that the staircase is sold.
Ttltttz ntt ifu #nnt ^xjjiHtinii.—No.x.
BY M. BLANQTJI, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OP FRANCE.
After the striking success of the Lyonnese exhibition,
there is none comparable with that of the manufacturers of
Mulhouse, who have also had the happy idea of appearing
collectively, and whose products have excited universal
admiration. Here, it is no longer by the richness of the
material that the exhibitors have shown; it is by the
elegance of their patterns, and, above all, by their splendid
execution. Muslins, jacconets printed for gowns, printed
cloths for curtains and furniture—these constitute the
general staple of the Alsatian exhibition; but, with these
simple articles, they have found the means of eclipsing all
rival manufactures, and they no longer fear any com-
petition.
I do not think that I am unjust towards any one by
asserting that the manufacturers of Alsatia are the first of
France, either as regards the importance of their own
capitals or those of the bankers who are interested in their
operations. They have all taken manufacturing pursuits
in good earnest, and do not devote themselves to them, like
so many others, to make a small fortune, and then to retire
into idleness. They live or die engaged in industrial avo-
cations. The manufactories pass from father to son, con-
stantly perfected by the intelligence of generations which
succeed each other. At Mulhouse they study—they do
not vegetate in the beaten track of routine ; there are in-
dustrial and scientific societies which endeavour every day
to solve the economical problems of manufacturing labour,
and which generally conduce to them by the most liberal
means. "What a difference from the exclusive, absolute,
and prohibitionary manufacturers of the North! able men
likewise, but untractable, and ever ready to regard their
local interests as those of the whole of France.
Alsatian industry was therefore destined to shine at the
London gathering, and it must be admitted that it makes a
better figure than that of Turcoing, Lille, and Roubaix,
although these are represented by very honourable names,
among which those of Messrs. Scrive, freres, are foremost.
Alsatia is a model manufacturing country. Machine manu-
factories, spinning, weaving, printing establishments—all
are united there ; it is the land of mechanists, designers,
and chemists. Every especial degree of skilfulncss lends
each other a mutual aid, and hence there has resulted an
ensemble of forces which has turned to the profit of their
entire manufacturing system, and which attracts towards
it, by preference, the attention of the manufacturing world.
It is sufficient to name the Koechlins, the Hartmanns, the
Dillfus, the Schlumbergers, the Zubers—all these really
patrician families—to justify this well-merited preference.
It is to Alsatia that the immense development which calico
printing has taken in Europe during the last twenty-five
years is owing; it is Alsatia which has spread the best
modes of manufactm-e, and whieh unceasingly perfects
them. Nowhere better than in this land are dye stuffs
more skilfully used; nowhere are dyers' weeds, madder,
cochineal, and orchilla, applied with more brilliancy or
fastness. Alsatia is like a great printing school, where the
masters and foremen of all nations come to form themselves.
It is, thanks to her, that Europe has become partial to
those graceful and light fabrics which now-a-days decorate
at such small cost all dwellings, and which so economically
clothe all women. The exhibition of these masters of the
art was therefore expected with impatient curiosity. It has
been worthy of them in every respect, and their products
have become the standard by which all other analogous
products are compared, to class them suitably. It is, there-
fore, well to state, that all the calico printers of Europe
are unanimous in admitting that Mulhouse carried off the
palm over all printed calicoes, as Lyons did over all silks.
This superiority is easier to state than to define. The
English are great producers of printed calicoes; the Bel-
gians, the Austrians, the Prussians, the Saxons, the Spa-
niards, and even the Turks, are so likewise ; but, with the
exception of two or three Manchester houses, all these
manufacturers belong rather to the school of Rouen than to
that of Mulhouse. The calicoes which they print are very
ordinary, and cannot compete with ours.
It is through the immense quantities which they produce,
as well as the economy in the details, that the English are
distinguished above all other nations engaged, like them, m
calico printing. Their great advantage consists in ope-
rating upon enormous masses of goods, and not to waste an
atom of matter. You should see with what solicitude they
seek after economising a centime on a chemical product,
on a number of yarn, on a colouring matter, and on freight;
and with what art they transform this economy into profit,
by millions, by multiplying their markets by demand, and
demand by cheapness. This art is pushed in England to
the most microscopic details, and veritable oceans of wealth
are created there literally drop by drop.
Thus, all their factories have, a severe and somewhat
gloomy aspect of grandeur and simplicity. Not a sing e
ornament—no columns, no architectural display, rlig
and black brick walls, iron flooring, iron stairs, iron doors,
iron barriers everywhere—rarely flowers and trees aroun
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
repassed, probably thinking nothing of the wonderful work
they were treading underfoot.
This staircase is designed and executed by Langley
Banks, architect, of Parliament-street, Hull, author of
" The Joiners' Instructor on Staircasing and Handrailing."
The arrangement of the stairs occupying only the space of
one staircase, is particularly applicable and well adapted
for use in all establishments where a show-room is re-
quired, and also for an hotel where two persons can be
going up and down at the same time, and be secluded from
each other.
The height is 23 feet, and the diameter 15 feet. The
steps are 4 feet long and 7i inches high. They are sup-
ported by two iron strings, the outside one being 37 feet
long, 5^ inches wide, and f ths of an inch thick; and the
msideone the same length, 5* inches wide, and I
inch thick. Twelve iron bolts extend from the SjLT
the outside, and angle-iron from string to s trine on? °
are screwed to the rise, and tied and bolted to&the float6
as also to the landing, by |ths of an inch bolts. The whnl'
is self-supporting. The ornamental part of the work iuX
the stairs is carved out of the solid wood, and secured hi
glue and screws. Three thicknesses of wood strings are
connected with the iron-work, both inside and outside
This description will probably satisfy such of our readers
as require a mere general notion of this really clever and
admirable work. For such as wish for further information
a reference to the architect will be necessary, as the design
is patented, and cannot be applied without his permission
We understand, however, that the staircase is sold.
Ttltttz ntt ifu #nnt ^xjjiHtinii.—No.x.
BY M. BLANQTJI, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OP FRANCE.
After the striking success of the Lyonnese exhibition,
there is none comparable with that of the manufacturers of
Mulhouse, who have also had the happy idea of appearing
collectively, and whose products have excited universal
admiration. Here, it is no longer by the richness of the
material that the exhibitors have shown; it is by the
elegance of their patterns, and, above all, by their splendid
execution. Muslins, jacconets printed for gowns, printed
cloths for curtains and furniture—these constitute the
general staple of the Alsatian exhibition; but, with these
simple articles, they have found the means of eclipsing all
rival manufactures, and they no longer fear any com-
petition.
I do not think that I am unjust towards any one by
asserting that the manufacturers of Alsatia are the first of
France, either as regards the importance of their own
capitals or those of the bankers who are interested in their
operations. They have all taken manufacturing pursuits
in good earnest, and do not devote themselves to them, like
so many others, to make a small fortune, and then to retire
into idleness. They live or die engaged in industrial avo-
cations. The manufactories pass from father to son, con-
stantly perfected by the intelligence of generations which
succeed each other. At Mulhouse they study—they do
not vegetate in the beaten track of routine ; there are in-
dustrial and scientific societies which endeavour every day
to solve the economical problems of manufacturing labour,
and which generally conduce to them by the most liberal
means. "What a difference from the exclusive, absolute,
and prohibitionary manufacturers of the North! able men
likewise, but untractable, and ever ready to regard their
local interests as those of the whole of France.
Alsatian industry was therefore destined to shine at the
London gathering, and it must be admitted that it makes a
better figure than that of Turcoing, Lille, and Roubaix,
although these are represented by very honourable names,
among which those of Messrs. Scrive, freres, are foremost.
Alsatia is a model manufacturing country. Machine manu-
factories, spinning, weaving, printing establishments—all
are united there ; it is the land of mechanists, designers,
and chemists. Every especial degree of skilfulncss lends
each other a mutual aid, and hence there has resulted an
ensemble of forces which has turned to the profit of their
entire manufacturing system, and which attracts towards
it, by preference, the attention of the manufacturing world.
It is sufficient to name the Koechlins, the Hartmanns, the
Dillfus, the Schlumbergers, the Zubers—all these really
patrician families—to justify this well-merited preference.
It is to Alsatia that the immense development which calico
printing has taken in Europe during the last twenty-five
years is owing; it is Alsatia which has spread the best
modes of manufactm-e, and whieh unceasingly perfects
them. Nowhere better than in this land are dye stuffs
more skilfully used; nowhere are dyers' weeds, madder,
cochineal, and orchilla, applied with more brilliancy or
fastness. Alsatia is like a great printing school, where the
masters and foremen of all nations come to form themselves.
It is, thanks to her, that Europe has become partial to
those graceful and light fabrics which now-a-days decorate
at such small cost all dwellings, and which so economically
clothe all women. The exhibition of these masters of the
art was therefore expected with impatient curiosity. It has
been worthy of them in every respect, and their products
have become the standard by which all other analogous
products are compared, to class them suitably. It is, there-
fore, well to state, that all the calico printers of Europe
are unanimous in admitting that Mulhouse carried off the
palm over all printed calicoes, as Lyons did over all silks.
This superiority is easier to state than to define. The
English are great producers of printed calicoes; the Bel-
gians, the Austrians, the Prussians, the Saxons, the Spa-
niards, and even the Turks, are so likewise ; but, with the
exception of two or three Manchester houses, all these
manufacturers belong rather to the school of Rouen than to
that of Mulhouse. The calicoes which they print are very
ordinary, and cannot compete with ours.
It is through the immense quantities which they produce,
as well as the economy in the details, that the English are
distinguished above all other nations engaged, like them, m
calico printing. Their great advantage consists in ope-
rating upon enormous masses of goods, and not to waste an
atom of matter. You should see with what solicitude they
seek after economising a centime on a chemical product,
on a number of yarn, on a colouring matter, and on freight;
and with what art they transform this economy into profit,
by millions, by multiplying their markets by demand, and
demand by cheapness. This art is pushed in England to
the most microscopic details, and veritable oceans of wealth
are created there literally drop by drop.
Thus, all their factories have, a severe and somewhat
gloomy aspect of grandeur and simplicity. Not a sing e
ornament—no columns, no architectural display, rlig
and black brick walls, iron flooring, iron stairs, iron doors,
iron barriers everywhere—rarely flowers and trees aroun