Life — December 26, 1889 — page 50: what you’re looking at

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INTERIOR DECORATIONS. JOHN H. PRAY, SONS & CO. Referring to the above, we are happy to announce that this branch of our business has met with un- qualified success from the very start (three years ago), and that it has more than realized our ex- pectations. The regular patrons of our carpet business have thoroughly indorsed this enterprise, and we are sat- isfied, from the daily expressions of approval which we hear, that the public generally know and appre- ciate that we have the Largest and Best Selected Stock of UPHOLSTERY FABRICS IN BOSTON. UNSURPASSED FACILITIES AND MOST EXPERIENCED HELP. The important factors in establishing this sucess- ful business have been the very Reasonable Prices which have been placed on all grades of goods and the Prompt Execution of orders, both of Draperies and the Re-covering of Furniture. It is not our purpose to confine ourselves to any one class of trade, but appeal to an intelligent pub- lic, who are sure to recognize merit in selections and the advantages offered, which cannot be equaled in Boston. We invite your inspection and ask the oppor- tunity to offer suggestions, make designs and fur- nish estimates for all grades of work, from Window Shades to the most elaborate decorations. JOHN H. PRAY, SONS & €0., CARPETS AND UPHOLSTERY 558 & 560 Washington Street, 30 to 34 Harrison Avenue. (Extension.) TIFFANY & CO., UNION SQUARE, - NEW YORK, Have received the following awards at the Exposition Universelle, at Paris, 1889: FOR SILVER WARE THE GRAND PRIZE and to the Managing Director of their Manufactures of Silver, the Decoration of the Legion of Honor. FOR JEWELRY of Precious Metals, chased, carved, enameled, inlaid, mounted and fil- lagreed, set with diamonds, pearls and precious stones, and for dia- mond cutting, GOLD MEDAL. For precious and ornamental stones of North America in their natural state and cut, showing various forms of cutting, GOLD MEDAL. For collection of Pearls, with the species of shells in which they_are found in the brooks, rivers and on the coasts of North America, GOLD MEDAL. For Fine Leather Goods, Pocket Books, Note Books, Card, Cigar and Cigarette Cases, Borte-folios, Blot- ters, Pads, and various: articles for the library table richly mounted with gold and silver; ivory articles for the toilet and the library table, richly mounted in gold _ and silver, chased, etched, enameled and inlaid, GOLD MEDAL. For Copper-plate Engraving Printing, GOLD MEDAL. And Five Silver and Five Bronze Medals for Collaborators. and comicbooks.com