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286 TALLIES ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
cradle, are composed of roses, poppies, conventional foliage,
butterflies, and birds, while beneath them rise a variety
of pinks, studied from nature. The edges and the insides
of the rockers are enriched with the insignia of royalty
and emblems of repose. In the central north gallery,
I. 27, were exhibited a pair of richly-cut crystal glass
candelabra, 8 feet high, carrying 15 lights each; the
shaft composed of prisms upwards of three feet in
length ; designed and manufactured by F. and C. Osier;
an Axminster carpet, designed by L. Gruner, Esq.,
manufactured at Glasgow; and a Berlin-wool carpet,
executed by one hundred and fifty ladies of Great
Britain. The dimensions of this carpet were 30 feet
in length and 20 in breadth. The carpet was pro-
duced in the following manner:—The pattern, origin-
ally designed and painted by the artist, was subdivided
into detached squares, which were worked by different
ladies, and on their completion the squares have been
reunited, so as to complete the design. In the pattern,
which consists partly of geometrical, and partly of floral
forms, heraldic emblems are also introduced. The initials
of the executants are ornamentally arranged, so as to form
the external border. The whole design is connected by
wreaths or bands of leaves and foliage, the centre group
representing the store whence they have been distributed.
The carpet was produced under the management of a
committee.
Prince Albert contributed, on behalf of the Prince of
Wales, a Shield presented by the King of Prussia to the
Prince of Wales, in commemoration of the baptism of the
infant prince, for whom his majesty acted as sponsor. In
the centre of the shield is a head of our Saviour. The
middle compartment, surrounded by a double line of
ornamental work, is divided by a cross into four smaller
compartments, which contain emblematic representations
of the two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.,
with their Old Testament types—the opening of the foun-
tain in the rock by Moses, and the fall of manna. At the
cradle, are composed of roses, poppies, conventional foliage,
butterflies, and birds, while beneath them rise a variety
of pinks, studied from nature. The edges and the insides
of the rockers are enriched with the insignia of royalty
and emblems of repose. In the central north gallery,
I. 27, were exhibited a pair of richly-cut crystal glass
candelabra, 8 feet high, carrying 15 lights each; the
shaft composed of prisms upwards of three feet in
length ; designed and manufactured by F. and C. Osier;
an Axminster carpet, designed by L. Gruner, Esq.,
manufactured at Glasgow; and a Berlin-wool carpet,
executed by one hundred and fifty ladies of Great
Britain. The dimensions of this carpet were 30 feet
in length and 20 in breadth. The carpet was pro-
duced in the following manner:—The pattern, origin-
ally designed and painted by the artist, was subdivided
into detached squares, which were worked by different
ladies, and on their completion the squares have been
reunited, so as to complete the design. In the pattern,
which consists partly of geometrical, and partly of floral
forms, heraldic emblems are also introduced. The initials
of the executants are ornamentally arranged, so as to form
the external border. The whole design is connected by
wreaths or bands of leaves and foliage, the centre group
representing the store whence they have been distributed.
The carpet was produced under the management of a
committee.
Prince Albert contributed, on behalf of the Prince of
Wales, a Shield presented by the King of Prussia to the
Prince of Wales, in commemoration of the baptism of the
infant prince, for whom his majesty acted as sponsor. In
the centre of the shield is a head of our Saviour. The
middle compartment, surrounded by a double line of
ornamental work, is divided by a cross into four smaller
compartments, which contain emblematic representations
of the two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.,
with their Old Testament types—the opening of the foun-
tain in the rock by Moses, and the fall of manna. At the