Author: ART JOURNAL
Title: The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue Of The Industry Of All Nations 1851.
Description: First Edition; Tall 4to [25 x 34 cm]; pp. 328, xvi, viii, viii, xxii, [ii].approx 600 illustrations; illustrated title page; green half leather binding with bands and gilt trim; previous owners name in copperplate on free endpaper; previous owners name at top of preface page in pen; loose illustrated dedication page; split to pre preface page not affecting binding; browning to page edges; wear to corners, edges and spine, a working copy with superb illustrations. George Virtue, n.d circa 1851. Profusely illustrated with fine intricate engravings of the various subjects from the 1851 Great Exhibition including furniture, Minton porcelain, ribbons, damask, Porcelain clocks, chandeliers, whip handles, carpets, billiard tables, bronzes, wood carving, embroidery, forks and spoons, jewellery, sculpture, pottery, bronzes, carriages, carved book covers, Includes essay on Science of the Exhibition, Essay on the Harmony of Colours of the Exhibition, Essay on the Vegetable Kingdom at the Exhibition, Essay on the Machinery at the Exhibition, and Essay on the Exhibition as a "Lesson in Taste".

Keywords: art furniture design antique antiques decorative furniture furniture ribbons damask Porcelain clocks chandeliers whip handles carpets billiard tables bronzes wood carving embroidery forks spoons jewllery sculpture pottery bronzes paper mache carriages car