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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
4
KEK offers thousands of Oriental Rugs for holiday buyers. New Turkey or Persian rugs priced from 86 to 12.00, strong durable and Eastern in pattern. Rugs from 15 to 25 crafted as smoothly as higher priced pieces. Tabriz Senneh Kirmanshah and Silk Rugs range 50 to 4500 in small to large sizes. Third floor.
The advertisement offers oxes shaped backgammon boards opening to two quires of Cambric Bond with envelopes and checkers for 0c, down from 1. American Girl and Out ing boxes of stationery with 36 sheets and 36 envelopes in white and blue are 15c, formerly 25c a box. Basement.
In a holiday sale the store marks limited Women’s Desks down by half from original prices. Highlights include an $17.50 weathered oak library desk, a $20 golden oak desk, $35 to $47.50 mahogany Art Nouveau desks, and a selection from $8 to $225 across about 150 styles on the fourth floor.
Fine French handkerchiefs attract refinement with hand-woven and hemstitched pieces. Men’s styles price 50c to 6.50, initial 1, silk and linen 50c to 1.50. Women’s styles 35c to 2.25, land-woven embroidered white patterns 1 to 6, initial 1. Located on the second floor, Broadway.
A Ninth Street book shop advertises inexpensive bound editions of classics. Notable offers include Charlotte Bronte works in 10 volumes for $1.50 and Dickens in 15 volumes for $3.50, Kipling 6 volumes for $1.50, Scott 12 volumes for $3.25, and Motley Green histories priced around $2.75.
A group of 102 Jacquard Robes in nine patterns is offered at six dollars each. Described as top quality blankets from the best maker, these robes are promoted as a handsome reduction from the usual ten dollars. Broadway and Ninth.
Silk Store presents nearly two hundred Embroidered Waist Patterns in Louisine Crepe de Chine and Peau de Cygne. Each box contains 3 1/2 yards of fabric with embroidered fronts and cuffs, available in multiple colors and eighteen designs. Originally 15.50, now 7.25 per pattern at the Rotunda.
The clipping notes drastic price cuts on girls dresses across sizes 6 to 14 years. Winter dresses in serge and mixed materials drop to 5 dollars, 7.50 to 15 dollars in other lines, with regulation sailor suits at 15 dollars. Second floor 9th street store.
Advertisement promotes the best English Balzac edition with two photogravures and etched illustrations printed by Constable. It notes half morocco binding with gold tops and red morocco backs and corners, priced with $1 down and $5 per month for up to 20 months.
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