3-008-937 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The International Exhibition: ornamental centrepiece by George Jackson and Sons, Rathbone-place, 1862. 'This work...is of simple construction and pure design. Founded upon a geometric basis, the partes spread outwards in a regular manner, line flowing from line and leaf springing from branch in the most graceful manner...[It] is light and elegant, yet not wiry, and is rich in those qualities which should mark an ornament of this character'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.