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The Crystal Palace Exhibition : illustrated catalogue : London 1851 : an unabridged republication of the Art-journal special issue
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"The greatest of all international expositions and world fairs is generally conceded to have been the incredible Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London. Officially titled The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, it was held in a gigantic greenhouse-like building that covered almost 20 acres, used almost a million square feet of glass, and taxed the resources of a nation to erect. This was the Crystal Palace, one of the wonders of the 19th century, in which the nations of the civilized world exhibited their achievements in the arts and sciences. Almost as important as the exhibition itself was the Illustrated Catalogue printed by the Art-Journal in 1851. The semi-official record of the exposition and much the best publication about it, it circulated around the civilized world and brought the London of Queen Victoria (with the comparable high achievements of Paris, Berlin, Liège, New York) into the living milieu of countless designers and inventors. Richly illustrated, it displayed an entire universe of design: ceramics, textiles, cast-iron work, domestic furniture, cut glass, decorative hardware, chimneypieces, carpets, pianos, figureheads, lighting fixtures, statuary, terra-cotta work, razors, wall papers, stoves, carriages, weapons, sleighs, billiard tables, clocks, beehives, mosaics, silverware, and hundreds of other artifacts. A text accompanying more than 1500 illustrated items gives the illusion that you are on a walking tour of the Palace itself."--Back cover.
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The Random House collector's encyclopedia : Victoriana to Art Deco
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Covers techniques and materials, companies and institutions, craftsmen and designers involved in design, and includes the decorative arts of Europe, America, China, and Japan. Deals comprehensively with the decorative arts of the late 19th and 20th century, the period from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the start of World War II in 1939.
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Miscellaneous Painting and Drawing reproductions not by the Cosways)
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Consists of: Opening Exhibition, July 5th-30th : William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery Ltd. exhibition catalog, 1976 Illustration of inscription on Cosway tomb [photocopy with handwritten note "Anderson Notes – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Catalogues Vol 18/3"] Five postcards from the Victoria & Albert in Museum Shop envelope with paintings by Danby, Raphael, Le Nain, and Gainsborough and a drawing by Watteau Card and envelope from the Tate with Thomas Gainsborough's painting of Edward Richard Gardiner Plates with images of three italian costumes, Bernard Houthakker, 1973, and page of handwritten notes Postcard with black-and-white print of Thomas Jefferson by John Trumbull
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Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien, 1870-1930
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Exhibition of the arts created in Vienna between 1870 and 1930, with accompanying essays.
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Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929
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One exhibition catalog entitled Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston published by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1929. This exhibition catalog is 12 unnumbered pages in length; it lists the painting and artists in the exhibit. A color reproduction of Van Gogh's "Child's Head" is above the title on the front cover. No other illustrations are included. The paper wrapper is gray in color. There are pencil ms. annotations throughout.
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The arms of all nations: from an enamel by Mr. H. Buss, Great Newport Street, London, exhibited in the Great Exhibition
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Title derived from print. Includes colored images of the coat of arms of nations participating in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, England. The coat of arms are surrounded by a wreath of leaves with a crown at the top. Below the wreath is a ribbon that says "Peace on Earth good will towards men" and "Exhibition of the industry of all nations."
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