Sheet crystal door panels were made in England and designed and etched in San Francisco for the massive front and real portals of the Palace. The Hawaiian Consul in San Francisco, Henry W. Severance, in 1881 wrote a bit apprehensively to the minister of the Interior in Honolulu: “The workmen who executed the figured glass are inclined to decorate profusely but I have tried to keep them within limits. I hope in your judgment they have not exceeded the bounds of good taste in the figures represented. In the large Transom lights which have the coat of arms, I wished to have Taro leaf introduced, which is similar to the Calla lily, but in making the same they have added the flower. I shall be glad to know that you approve all the work.”
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