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Sets
DRESSING OF SETS
Property Department
The property department has charge of the dressing of sets and supervises the work of property men, property boys, set dressers, drapers and electrical fixture makers. After a set is built and painted it is turned over to the property department to be dressed.
The dressing of sets requires a vast amount of props because picture stories are of many countries and of many different historical periods. A script may call for a waterfront bar-room or for the palace of Louis XVI, for a modern richly furnished office or for a humble farm cottage, for the forecastle of an old sailing schooner or for the dining salon of a great liner, for an exclusive country club or for a bowery hotel, for the underground crypts of the Catacombs or for a Fifth Avenue drawing room.
The props and furniture for all these, and many more settings, are supplied by the property department. This department contains an almost bewilderingly varied assortment of articles, which have been collected over a period of years.
The property department is divided into sections.
The crockery and glass section contains every style of crockery and glassware, both chipped and perfect, which has been used in every historical period and in every country, such as: wine glasses, water glasses, plates, cups and saucers, platters, jars, mugs, steins, cruets, decanters, vases, etc.
The luggage and leather section contains luggage and leather goods of all kinds, new and old, such as: trunks, valises, suitcases, club bags, saddles, saddle bags, etc.
The nautical section contains practically everything pertaining to the sea, except the ship itself.
The furniture section is very extensive and contains furniture of every historical period and of every country, such as; chairs, tables, bureaus, chiffoniers, beds, buffets, taborets, couches, chesterfields, etc. If special furniture, not in stock, is required, it is built to order in the studio or rented from outside prop houses.
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