Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue
An official illustrated catalogue of the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, published by Spicer Brothers and prepared by the exhibition commissioners and Robert Ellis for visitors and manufacturers. The plates show Italian and Spanish decorative objects: a large vase on a pedestal, a Spanish inlaid table top, and a mosaic table with a palm-tree stand. Their fine linework and ornament suit designers looking at nineteenth-century decorative arts, from marquetry and mosaic patterns to classical vase silhouettes.
