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Chile meets France at the Beaver Club: Thursday, September 21, 2006

"On Thursday, September 21, Alain Pignard, executive chef, Jean-Phillipe Latta, manager and senoir maître, and their brigades, will host an exceptional wine-maker dinner featuring: Marcelo Papa chief oenologist of the Casillero del Diablo of Concha y Toro, and Alain Reix, internationally renowned chef of the celebrated Jules Verne restaurant at the Eiffel Tower."

China Pavilion

Exterior view photograph. Republic of China Pavilion exterior (lot B-328). The two storey China Pavilion was designed using elements of traditional oriental architecture. Many of these elements such as the tiles on the roof overhang as well as the decorative wood entrance door were imported directly from Taiwan. The building consisted of three exhibit halls on each level. Argriculture, everday life and textiles were the main themes on the lower level. Themes displayed on second level included fine arts, handicrafts and tourism. The pavilion also featured an adjacent restaurant which served traditional Cantonese cuisine. Rectangular volume. Reinforced concrete with stucco and clay tiles from Taiwan. (S: 121' x 71' (main building), 84' x 33' (restaurant extension) --- A: 11,000 sq. ft. --- H: 40' (pavilion), 17' (restaurant))

China Pavilion, Dolls

Interior view photograph. Wax figurines depicting scenes for Chinese opera in the last hall of the China Pavilion.

Chironia

Painting of a stemless bundle of small mauve flowers with small yellow centres. Two leftmost flowers are washed out, lighter than the others. Inscription below the painting reads, "Chironia."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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