Siam's pavilion was a copy, at twice the size, of a small royal residence in the Chakri Palace at Bangkok. It had tiered, sharp-peaked roofs with decorated gables, Buddhist angels, serpent ornament running up the roof edges, finials and a royal parasol on top. The walls were translucent glass in square panes fixed with a special lacquer. It was built of Siamese materials in Bangkok, approved by the King, taken apart and shipped on the steamer "Mongolia", which arrived in mid-March 1915. A. B. Spigno of the Royal Public Works Department supervised its reassembly. Todd thought a passing breeze might lift it and float it back to the Malay sea.
Inside, beneath a portrait of the King, were red-lacquer columns, silver and ivory work, gongs, fans and weapons, rice varieties, silk and ores. The pavilion was dedicated May 6, 1915.
