The Crystal Palace and its contents.: An illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of 1851 (London, Nr. 1.1851(4.Okt.)-26/27.1852(27.März))

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_AN_ ILLUSTBATBD CYCLOPEDIA OP TUB GMAT EXHIBITION OP 1851.

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Turs brilliant group
comprises, first, mi
ulcgant casket, Louis
Quatorzo stylo, of or-
iiiolu with porphyry
inlaid; second, a cas-
ket, or-molu, with sis
panels painted ena-
mel \ipon porcelain,
besides other similar
enrichments on the
lid; and third, an ink-
stand and penholder
of most elegant shape.

also

l or-molu

nd

porcelain. No tiling of
flic kind can be con-
ceived more recherche
and tasteful than these
objects, which stood
iu the left depart-
ment of the main

FURNITURE.—WEBB.

Tub table exhibited
with two chairs, by
Webb, of Bond-street,
claims to bo Eliza-
bethan, aud of old
workmanship, from
its apparently free
and careless handling;
nevertheless, the carv-
ing of all the three
articles is equally
beautiful. The table
is a very pretty, well-
proportioned ' '

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ry respect, but that
of execution, to tho
chairs, which are left
quite plain nt tho
back, in the French
fashion, but are too
much loaded with
projecting ornaments
to bo used with com-
fort. This is an error
which sacrifices com-
fort to appearances ,
aud which^cau never
answer in the long rim.

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