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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
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A variety of circumstances, says Mr. Robert Ellis,
contribute to-render tbis collection, next to tbat of tbe
United Kingdom, one of the most attractive and exten-
sive in tbe Exhibition. The lengthened and successful
experience enjoyed by France in exhibitions of national
industry gave to the exhibitors an advantage not possessed
by the majority of those contributing to the'Exhibition,
so far, that is to say, as concerned the arrangement and
execution of the minor details inseparable from a display
of this description. The results of these national expo-
sitions of French industry, and their effect upon the in- ,
I
No class of the Exhibition, considered in its philosophi-
cal subdivision, has been left unrepresented by the French
exhibitors. In Raw Materials, Machinery, Manufactures
and Fine Arts—the four grand sections into which the
thirty classes resolve themselves—specimens of everv
variety are exhibited. The total number of exhibitors
amount to about 1,750, and the area occupied by their
contributed articles is very large, both on the north and
south sides of the Main Eastern Avenue, and in the gal-
leries.
The principal features only of this large and valuable
CASKET CARVHP IN IVORY WITH ORMOLU MOUNTINGS.—M. MATIIAT, PARIS.
dustrial progress of the people, and the development of
art applied to the things of life, have been unquestion-
ably great, and these are now presented to notice in a
palpable form. The constant intercourse between this
country and France, with the facility existing in both of
the means of transport, seems to account, in some degree?
for the large preponderance of French contributions on
the foreign side. > But to this consideration must also be
added others which have sensibly operated in giving an
impetus to the contributors from France, but less strongly
affecting those of other exhibiting States.
collection can be indicated in this notice. Among the
raw materials, the beautiful specimens of raw and thrown
silk must attract universal admiration. This is a depart-
ment of industry which is constantly assuming greater
importance. The samples of silk wound by modifications
of the customary processes are of great beauty; andan
interesting specimen of cocoons in the frames in which
the silkworms are reared and permitted to spin the won-
derful envelope of the pupa, gives a good idea of the
manner in which the culture of these insects is carried
on. The hemp, wool, and other textile materials exhibited
494_______________________
A variety of circumstances, says Mr. Robert Ellis,
contribute to-render tbis collection, next to tbat of tbe
United Kingdom, one of the most attractive and exten-
sive in tbe Exhibition. The lengthened and successful
experience enjoyed by France in exhibitions of national
industry gave to the exhibitors an advantage not possessed
by the majority of those contributing to the'Exhibition,
so far, that is to say, as concerned the arrangement and
execution of the minor details inseparable from a display
of this description. The results of these national expo-
sitions of French industry, and their effect upon the in- ,
I
No class of the Exhibition, considered in its philosophi-
cal subdivision, has been left unrepresented by the French
exhibitors. In Raw Materials, Machinery, Manufactures
and Fine Arts—the four grand sections into which the
thirty classes resolve themselves—specimens of everv
variety are exhibited. The total number of exhibitors
amount to about 1,750, and the area occupied by their
contributed articles is very large, both on the north and
south sides of the Main Eastern Avenue, and in the gal-
leries.
The principal features only of this large and valuable
CASKET CARVHP IN IVORY WITH ORMOLU MOUNTINGS.—M. MATIIAT, PARIS.
dustrial progress of the people, and the development of
art applied to the things of life, have been unquestion-
ably great, and these are now presented to notice in a
palpable form. The constant intercourse between this
country and France, with the facility existing in both of
the means of transport, seems to account, in some degree?
for the large preponderance of French contributions on
the foreign side. > But to this consideration must also be
added others which have sensibly operated in giving an
impetus to the contributors from France, but less strongly
affecting those of other exhibiting States.
collection can be indicated in this notice. Among the
raw materials, the beautiful specimens of raw and thrown
silk must attract universal admiration. This is a depart-
ment of industry which is constantly assuming greater
importance. The samples of silk wound by modifications
of the customary processes are of great beauty; andan
interesting specimen of cocoons in the frames in which
the silkworms are reared and permitted to spin the won-
derful envelope of the pupa, gives a good idea of the
manner in which the culture of these insects is carried
on. The hemp, wool, and other textile materials exhibited