Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue
The Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, published by Spicer Brothers and compiled under the Royal Commissioners to list exhibits for visitors and the public. The pictures are small black-and-white wood engravings of household goods such as a mangle, a vase on a tripod foot, a ewer, and a patterned lace-like panel, showing the ornamental detail and mechanical drawing of Victorian industrial design that a designer could study for pattern, ornament and product form.
