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| Needlepoint of the Crystal Palace. This hand made cloth item has the colors blue, red, pink, brown, beige, and a few other colors. It pictures the building with "1851" below it and roses at the bottom and branches and leaves all around the building. It is framed in a beautiful Burled Walnut Frame. Because this is hand made it is truly a one of a kind. This is a wonderful item. (There is a little reflection in the picture due to the fact that the needlepoint is framed behind glass) Size: Frame: 23 3/4" high by 24 1/8"wide. Image inside frame: 20 1/4" wide by 19 7/8" high. Condition: Overall this piece is Very Fine although there is about 1 1/2" square inches of missing needle work in the upper right corner and light overall age darkening. | $ 185 |
| "Lane's Telescopic View of the Ceremony of Her Majesty Opening The Great Exhibition of all Nations. Designed by Rawlins. 1851." This item is also known as a Peep Show. This piece has 5 cut out colored pieces that are connected by linen sides that allow the item to be expanded or flattened. The back piece is solid and the front piece has a hole in the center. You look down the hole in the center (see the third picture) and you see the inside of the Crystal Palace. The scene inside shows the steel structure above, a fountain in the center and lots of small people near the front. The inside and cover are hand colored. There is a cardboard sleeve, a box, that the piece fits into (fourth picture). Size: Box (with item closed) is 6 1/4" wide by 7 5/8" high by 1/2" thick. Opened the item is 20" long. Condition: Very Fine, the inside is nice and bright, but the cover has a couple of stains. The box is good with the bottom flap missing, tape holding the front to one side and the back. The bottom of the back is ripped and damaged. | $ 600 |
| White Metal Medal with image of the (written around top) "International Industrial Exhibition London 1851" building in the center. Under the building is: "Proposed by H.R.H. Prince Albert, Designed by Joseph Paxton Esq. F.L.S., Erected by Fox Henderson & Co., The Materials are Iron and Glass; Length 1848 Feet; Width 456 Feet; Height of Principal Roof 66 feet; Height of Transept 108 feet; Glazed Surface 900,000 Sup. Feet; Occupies 18 Acres of Ground; Estimated Value L150,000" (British pounds). Reverse: Embossed bust of "Price Albert consort of Queen Victoria" looking to the right. Size: 2 1/2" in diameter. Condition: Extremely Fine with rim nicks and light age toning. | $ 75 |
| Official Catalog: "Great Exhibition of 1851. Official, Descriptive, and Illustrated Catalogue Part I. Classes I to 4. Raw Materials". Inside this Blue Bound Volume of 280 pages with 2 fold out floor plans you find the book separated into 2 distinct parts. The first 205 pages are devoted to information about the fair. The last 72 pages are the "The Official Catalogue of Advertiser." The information includes over 30 pages of "Construction of the building" with drawings of trusses, connection points, interior view and much more. The four classes in this volume are the "Descriptive Catalogue of the Mining and Mineral Products", "Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Products", "Substances used as Food", and "Vegetable Substances". This is a very interesting book that contains detailed information about the exhibits at the first World's Fair. Size: 10 7/16" high by 7 1/4" wide by 15/16" thick. Condition: Fine, there is some staining of the back cover and brown staining on the pages throughout. The pages are still very clear and easy to read. | $ 100 |