INDEX.
Silk-manufacture (coni.) :—
Conversion into yarn; plain and figure weav-ing ; loom described - - - 87
Weaving established in Sicily in the twelfth
century - - - 123
Brocades of Spitalfields manufacture - 22, 87
Fluctuations and present state of the tradeof Lyons; memoir of Jacquard; historyof his inventions; effects of the Jacquardloom - - - - -119
Specimen by Mathevon and Buvard - - 119
Manufactory at Athens - - - 76
Carpets from India - 132
(see also Ribbon-trade, Coventry, and St.Etienne.)
Silver (see Metal-work).
Skidmore of Coventry, his specimens of church-plate 41Slate, enamelled, by Magnus - - - 103
Sliegh, Mr., his works in lithography, his decoration
of a box of water-colours - 131
Snell, Mr., his establishment, his process .of season-ing wood ; furniture designed by Marochetti ,
&c. - - - - - 125, 150
Society of Arts , its exhibitions the precursors of the
Great Exhibition of 1851 - - 46, 71, 89
Lectures on the results of the Exhibition, 72,116,124Solier, M., his Sevres enamels - - - 93
Solignac, near Limoges , monastery for artist-monks,
especially goldsmiths, established by St. Eloi 113Sommerard, M., his collection of enamels at the
Hunting-knife and sheath, by Zuloaga, ofMadrid - - - - 3
Fire-arms of Moors and Spaniards - - 8
Arms and other relics of the Armada - - 8
Silk manufacture - - - - 22
Point-lace .... 143
Glazed tiles at the Alhambra - - - 106
Decoration of the Queen’s cabinet at Aranjuez 136Spencer, Thomas, his invention of the electrotype
process - - - - - 79
Spinning machines; inventions of Wyatt, Paul,
Arkwright, Hargreaves, Crompton, &c. - 116
(see also Cotton, India, Linen, Mohair ,
Spitalfields silks, history of the manufacture, and
specimens - - - - - 22
Spode, Messrs, their improvements in porcelain - 147Spremont, director of the Chelsea porcelain works - 97Staffordshire , the Potteries (see Earthenware andPorcelain).
Stained glass (see Glass).
Steel (see Metal-work : Steel).
Stevens, Alfred, his designs for stoves, by Hoole,
Robson, and Hoole, of Sheffield - 99, 129
For daggers for Wostenholm and Son, Sheffield 101Stoddart, his improvements in pianofortes - - 59
Stourbridge , glass manufacture at - - - 18
Stourbridge clay crucibles; their use in casting
glass - - - - - 43
Stone carving in Holland and Belgium - - 9
Stoves and grates; early history of in England;
chimneys and andirons, modern improvements 121Hot-air and other stoves, by Hoole, Robson,
and Hoole, Sheffield - - 99, 129
Mediaeval stove, designed by Pugin - - 106
German , their form and materials, improve-ments in construction and decoration - 55Ancient German specimens, made of glazed
tiles; use of tiles by the Moors - - 106
Stratford-le-Bow, Elizabethan ware probably made
there - - - - - 89
Stuart and Smith, “Home Stove” and fender by, 121, 122Stucco decorations in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries - - - - - 65
Suger, Abbot of St. Denis, his works in the precious
metals - - - - -113
Windows of his abbey church - - 114
Surface decoration (see Principles of Art).
Sussex, ancient iron works in - - 99
Swiss Embroidery ----- 144Switzerland, escrutoire by Wettli of Berne ; tradein fancy carving; works of Mind; Vogeland Kessler - - - - 7
Swords (see Arms).
Tables (see Furniture).
Table-covers, printed, by Wood and Co. - - 91
By Evans and Co. - - - - 120
Tapestry , for mural decoration ; of Flemish origin ;old English specimens; subjects and prices;cloths of gold and silver; “ baudekin; ”
tapestry - - - - 42, 150
Tapestry used for covering floors - - 108
Tavernier, his account of Dacca muslins - - 157
Taylor, James, his “Account of the Cotton Manu-facture of Dacca ” - - 48, 56, 157
Terra-cotta:—Works of Luca and Agostino della
Robbia - - - - 11, 67
Its extensive use in Berlin ; in ancient Greece,in Etruria , and in the middle ages; inGermany revived manufacture promoted bySchinkel ; fountain by March, of Chariot-
tenbgrg - - - - - 45
Used for stoves in Germany - - - 55
History of its use in England - - - 74
Vase designed by J. Thomas for E. L. Betts - 74
Figure of Galatea by Minton - - - 97
Textile fabrics (see Cotton , Silk, Embroidery,India , &c.)
Theophilus, his account of ancient chalices, &c. 41, 113Of ancient wall-paintings - - - 71
Of stained-glass windows in France - - 114
Of the use of false gems in Byzantium - 123
Theory of art (see Principles of Art).
Thomas, John, memoir and notice of his works - 63Side of a room, and vase in terra-cotta designed
by him - - - - 63, 74
Decoration of a pianoforte carved by him - 83Thomire, M., French bronzes produced at his esta-blishment - - - - - 13
Thorwaldsen , his association with Gibson, Rauch,
and Jerichau - - - 17, 25, 57
Tiles, glazed, used for German stoves; their use inGermany and by the Moors in Spain ; ap-plied to stoves, &c. by Minton - 55, 106
Encaustic pavement by Minton; history of their
use and manufacture in England - 128
Timber roofs (see Wood-carving ).
Toledo blades - - - - - 3
Townsend and Parker, paper-hanging by - - 95
Treadwin, Mrs., her account of the lace trade of
Honiton - - - - - 154
Trentanove of Rome , candelabrum by - - 50
Triptychs, carved, in French churches - - 69
Triqueti, M. de, his works in bronze and other
metals - - - - - 93
Trollope, Messrs., their specimens of marquetry
furniture, materials, mode of execution - 75Tschudi, the predecessor ofBroadwood and Sons;
his harpsichords - - - - 59
Tunis , objects from:—Embroidery - - 4
Window ornament - - - - 14
Ornamental gun-stand - - - 34
Turin, Marochetti ’s statue of Emanuel Philibert - 33Turkey, its productions :—Embroidery, silk and cot-ton goods - - - - - 10
Angora wool; manufacture of mohair - 64
Turpin, Jean, his carved stalls at Amiens - - 69
Urbino, Duchy of, seat of the Majolica manufacture 11
Vandenbrand, marquetry executed by him for
Messrs. Trollope - - - - 75
Vanner and Son, Spitalfields; silks woven by them 22Vechte, Antoine, memoir and notice of his works,his imitations of Renaissance shields; hispupils; shields and vase executed by himfor Hunt and Roskell; shield for LepageMoutier ; shield, “ The Battle of the Ama-zons” copied in electrotype27, 93,105, 111, 117,138Veit-Stoss, his wood and stone carvings at Nurem-berg , &c. - - - 9,49
Venice:—Its commerce with India - - 149
Influence of Byzantine art on its productions - 107Its trade in the rich garments of Constanti-nople ..... 123Glass, history and processes of the manufacture 110Its early importation into England - - 18
Imitations in Germany - - - 38
Point-lace - .... 143
Paliotto or altar frontal of St. Mark’s - 51
Vienna, the imperial porcelain manufactory - 31
“ Victory,” a statue by Rauch, of Berlin - - 25
Vittoz, of Paris , bronze group by - - - 13
Vischer, Peter, and his sons; their carvings in
stone - - - - 9, 49
Vogel, of Switzerland , his carvings - - 7
Voisinlieu, “ Beauvais ware” produced there - C
Wagner and Son, jewellers and silversmiths to the
Wagner, Albert, of Berlin ; his centrepiece in silver
described; reasons for oxidising the metal 35,111Wagner, Carl, his works in the precious metals; his
sudden death - - - - 111
Wailes, stained glass by - - - - 86
Wales, Prince of, shield presented to him by the
Wallis of Louth, wood-carving by - - 62
Water-colours anciently applied to linen cloths for
mural decorations - - - - 71
Water-colours; those of the late Rudolph Acker-mann and his successors; their ingredients;new specimens in the Great Exhibition - 131Watherston and Brogden, gold vase, jewelled andenamelled; other productions of the firm;
Mr. Watherston’s publications on the value ofgold and silver - - - - 66
Watson, Bell, and Co., their importation of Indian
and manufacture of Axminster carpets - 148
Weaving:—Of Spitalfields silk, its history - 22
Indian loom described - - - 24
Origin and improvements in the ribbon loom - 60
Mohair , process described - - - 64
Linen ; damask table-covers - - - 70
Carpets .... 132, 148
Lace ----- 102, 154
Paisley shawls - - - - 92
Wedgwood, Josiah, notice of his works - - 147
Wellington statue by Marochetti at Glasgow - 33
West, Benjamin, models by him in terra-cotta - 74
Wettli of Berne , escrutoire in white wood - 7
Whytock’s patent tapestry - - - 148
Wilton, sculptor, character of his works - - 53
Wilton, carpet manufacture at - - 108, 132
Process of weaving .... 148
Window ornament from Tunis ; windows of per-forated stone in ancient edifices - 15, 34
Windows :—Of Chinese dwellings - - - 54
History of stained glass in England - - 86
Winfield, of Birmingham , his establishment andproductions; processes employed in the brasstrade .... 43, 134
Winston, Mr., his remarks on ancient and modern
stained glass - - - - 86
Wohlgemuth, his carvings at Zurickau and Nurem-berg - - - - 9,49
Wolsey , Cardinal, his valuable tapestries and other
hangings - - - - - 42
Wood-carving :—Its early history in England; tim-ber-framed roofs, screens, stalls, doors, bench-ends, &c. - - - - - 62
Group of flowers and birds by Wallis of Louth 62In old English domestic buildings; memoir andworks of Grinling Gibbons , Selden and
Watson, his assistants; Mowatt, Chippen-dale, Wilton, &c. - - - - 130
Boxwood cradle carved by Rogers for her
Majesty - - - - - 130
In France , its history - - - - 69
Niche by Knechts of Paris - - - 69
In Germany , works of Kraft, Wohlgemuth,
Vischer, Veit-Stoss, Albert Durer - 9
Escrutoire by Wettli of Berne ; Swiss carvings
generally - - - - - 7
Lattice-work in Moorish art; perforated gun-
Woodruff, of Bakewell, his imitations of Florentine
mosaic ..... 103Woollams and Co. specimen of paper-hanging - 71
Woollen manufactures:—History and processes - 91
Colour-printing, dyes, mordants, dischargers,
and resists - - - - 91
Printing process described - - - 120
Indian woollen goods - - - - 12
Wootz, or Indian steel; its excellence ; history and
process of the manufacture - - - 124
Worcester porcelain works - - - 97
Worsted manufactures (see Paisley Shawls).Wostenholm and Son, of Sheffield , daggers and
sheaths by - - - - - 101
Wyatt, J. R. his “ Shepherd Boy,” produced in
statuary porcelain by Copeland - - 58
“ Youth at a Stream,” statue by Foley, cast in
bronze by Hatfield - - - - 77
Zeigler, his invention of Beauvais ware - - 6
Zinc, group of “ the Amazon ” by Kiss - - 1
Zuber, Jean, of Rixheim, on French paper-hangings,
productions of his establishment - - 100