Shevlin Exhibit Awarded First Pfize

The Shevlin Exhibit, a modern living room paneled in Knotty Pine, was awarded the blue ribbon- at, the Fortieth Annual Conventiori of the.Northwestern Lumbermen's Association, held at Minneapolis, Minn., on January 21, 22

The design of the exhibit was based on the architect#! of the early Federal Era and was designed by Louis Boynton Bersback of Minneapolis, an architect who has made a study of colonial design. The millwork was done by Libby & Libby Company, contractors, who also set up and stained the walls of the room. The room was furnished with perfect hand-made reproductions of early.,American furniture, rvhich was produced by the Virginia Craftsmen of Harrisbutg,..V_?,, and loaned by the H. S. Cleveland Furniture Company of Minneapolis. In all instances where pine was used in the original piece of furniture, McCloud Shevlin Pine was used in a similar manner in the repro- duction. Antique hooked rug's were used on the floor-.A large rack containing samples of knotty pine stained in-a_wide_variety of colors wai an interesting-part of the exhibit. These colors ranged from bright French blue and a vivid apricot tonb down to the mellow quiet browns of antique pine. Another feature which surprised many of the observers was the beautiful knotty efiects whictr- ap- peared in the pine after it tvas stained.

Shevlin, Carpenter g Clarke Company Prize Winning Erhibit and 23,793O, This is the second consecutive year that the Shevlin Exhibit has won first honors. Last year's exhibit was also a Knotty Pine room.

The exhibit was also shown at the state convention at Des,Moines,'Iowa, on February 4, S and 6, and will be on 9lphy atJh_e- Wigconsin annuai at Mi.lwaukee on Februar;r 18, 19 and, T. The exhibit is so designed that it can bL taken down and set up again complete quite readily.