CENCI'S.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5832, 24 February 1906, Page 5

CENCI'S.

A striking example of the progreoavo. ness of Wellington business iwtabliiihincuts is furnished in tho fine new pro misco to be opened Ih is morning by Min lit me Ceaci, milliner and ladies’ outfitter. at the corner of Panama street mid Ltunbton quay {llarcourt's old corner). Tho firm was established eight venrs ago in Vivian street, and lies just removed to tho more prominent position referred to. Tho building has been thoroughly renovated, altered, and improved to ’suit the requirements of tho business, and now forms ono of tho roost up-to-date millinery ostablishemento in the colony. Tbc ground floor interior has been arranged as a showroom, and hero by means of tasteful decorative ability, and a large number of mirrou;. a choice ctock of elegant goods is displayed to full advantage. There is ample counter accommodation and storage room, everything having been woil.vd out under a systematic and careful scheme. Apart from till- nltowioom, on the ground floor <Be uUo the manager's ollk-c, and a private, office, in addition to a parlour tor tho uso of lady clients of the firm. The workrooms ;in> upstairs. Tlio ofcf«ai)lifohment him a frontage to Lnmbton quay of 33f(, and to I’unnuiii fclrovt of I'd I. The window displays are of a most unique dficriplion. facing flic quay, the window frontage contains a number of tho lnii-t l'ari-iuu moiieid. in ladies’ lin'd and millinery, together with many of,the firm’s own creations. Tim colour schema hero is really beautiful, the predominating shades being Heliotrope, white, and black. Tin; main elite window in drMted in atvlifU halo, etc., in miscellancaiM shad as, chiefly green. There is also an effective allow cf underclothing and of children’s apparel facing the Bide street. The entire establishment is filled up with n complete electrie light installation, in. eluding nix arc lights which illuminate, the front and aide exterior,, and much enhance Hm exhibits in the window*. Tho structural alterations to the building v,-er» carried out- by Mcssut Trevor and Son from architectural designs by Mr J. C. Maddiun. Mr JMmi.i was the architect ior the interior alterations, anti Mr Hoyland the contractor.