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EMBELLISHMENTS, &c.

January.

• The Pleiades.
• Time in Search of Cupid.
• The Hortense Mantelet and the Victoria.
• Embroidery.
• Godey's Latest Fashions.
• Children's Dresses.
• Music.—The Bluebird Waltz, by Edward Mack.
• The Hungarian Circle.
• Boardman & Gray's Dolce Campana Attachment Piano-Fortes.
• Instructions for making Ornaments in Rice Shell-Work.
• Godey's Course of Lessons in Drawing.
• Fallen Rock-Sculptures at Bavian.
• A Gossip on the Fashions.
• Work-table for Juveniles.
• Embroidery for Petticoats.
• Chemisettes, Sleeves, and Caps.
• Child's Dress.
• Toilet Cover in Crochet.
• Embroidery for Shirts.
• Cottage Furniture.
• Directions to Ladies for Shopping.
• Designs for Headdresses.

THE HORTENSE MANTELET.

EMBROIDERY.

THE VICTORIA.

CHILDREN'S DRESSES

BY OUR "FASHION EDITOR."

THE BLUE-BIRD WALTZ.

COMPOSED BY

EDWARD MACK.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by T. C. ANDREWS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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THE HUNGARIAN CIRCLE.

[From the establishment of G. Brodie, No. 51 Canal Street, New York.]

PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1854.

EVERYDAY ACTUALITIES.—NO. XV.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PEN AND GRAVER.

GATEWAY ENTRANCE TO BOARDMAN & GRAY'S FACTORY.

BOARDMAN & GRAY'S DOLCE CAMPANA ATTACHMENT PIANO-FORTES.

Perhaps we cannot present our readers a more interesting article on manufacturing, than to give an idea of piano-forte making. Piano-fortes, in these days, making an almost indispensable article of furniture in every dwelling; adding so much to the pleasures of home, and being so much of a companion in all home hours; contributing so largely to the enjoyments of society, that some little knowledge of the processes of making, and the materials used, must be not only interesting to all, but valuable to those who may wish to know how good piano-fortes should be made.

With this desire, we have selected as our MODEL the large and flourishing manufactory of Messrs. Boardman & Gray, the eminent piano-forte makers of Albany, N. Y., celebrated as the manufacturers of the Dolce Campana Attachment Piano-Fortes, whose instruments were not only sought after and used by Jenny Lind, Catharine Hayes, and other celebrities, but by the profession generally throughout the United States.

Messrs. Boardman & Gray's manufactory is situated at Albany, N. Y., occupying the end of a block, presenting a front on three streets of upwards of 320 feet, the main building of which, fronting on two streets 208 feet, is built of brick, four stories high above a high basement-story, devoted exclusively to machinery driven by a forty horse power engine. The completeness of design of these buildings and machinery for the purpose used, we believe, has no superior, if any equal, in this country. Every improvement and convenience is attached to make the entire perfect, and in going through the premises one is attracted by the comprehensiveness of the whole concern.

The entrance to the factory of Messrs. Boardman & Gray is by a large gateway through the centre of the building, next