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FINE ARTS

B. MANUFACTURES FROM GUTTA PERCHA.

1. For Waterproofing Purposes.

2. For Agricultural Uses, as Tubing for Manure, &c.
3. For Maritime Purposes, as Speaking Trumpets, Life
Buoys, Life Boats, Cords, Tiller Ropes, &c.
4. Decorative Uses, as Ornamental Mouldings, Brackets,
Medallions, Picture Frames, &c.

5. Surgical, Electrical, and Chemical Uses, as Dissolved
Gutta Percha for Wounds, Stethoscopes, Splints,
Ear Trumpets, &c., Carboys, Funnels, Acid Vessels,
&c., Covering of Telegraph Wire, Insulating Stools,
&c.

6. Domestic and Miscellaneous Uses, as Soles for Shoes, Linings of Cisterns, Conveyance of Water and Gas, Hearing Apparatus, &c.

C. MANUFACTURES FROM IVORY, TORTOISESHELL, SHELLS, BONE, HORN, BRISTLES, AND VEGETABLE IVORY.

D. GENERAL MANUFACTURES FROM WOOD (not being Furniture).

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4. In elaborate Mineral Materials, as Glass, Porcelain, &c.

5. In Woods and other Vegetable Substances.

6. In Animal Substances, as Ivory, Bone, Shells, Shell Cameos.

B. WORKS IN DIE-SINKING, INTAGLIOS.

1. Coins, Medals, and Models of a Medallic character in any material.

2. Impressions struck from Dies for ornamental purposes.

3. Gems, either in Cameo or in Intaglio, Shell Cameos. 4. Seals, &c.

C. ARCHITECTURAL DECORATIONS.

1. Integral, in Relief, Colour, &c.

2. Adventitious, as Stained Glass, Tapestry, &c.

D. MOSAICS AND INLAID WORKS.

1. In Stone.

2. In Tiles.

3. In Vitrified Materials.

4. In Wood.

5. In Metal.

E. ENAMELS.

1. On Metals. 2. On China.

3. On Glass.

F. MATERIALS AND PROCESSES APPLICABLE TO THE FINE ARTS GENERALLY, INCLUDING FINE ART PRINTING, PRINTING IN COLOUR, ETC. ETC.

1. Encaustic Painting and Fresco.

2. Ornamental Printing, Chromo-typography, GoldIlluminated Typography, Typography combined or uncombined with Embossing.

3. Lithography, Black, Chromo-lithography, Gold-Illuminated Lithography, Lithography combined or uncombined with Embossing.

4. Zincography or other modes of Printing.

G. MODELS.

1. In Architecture.

2. Topography.

3. Anatomy.

LYON PLAYFAIR.

OFFICIAL

DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED

CATALOGUE.

OUTLINE OF CONTENTS OF THE BUILDING.

The Building lies east and west, and is intersected by the Transept running north and south.

The Transept being taken as a point of departure, the building is divisible into two portions.

1. The western half is appropriated to the productions of the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies.

2. The eastern half to Foreign Countries.

CONTENTS OF TRANSEPT.

Ornamental iron gates, various objects of sculpture, large glass fountain, other fountains, and ornamental gates. The Refreshment Court is at the north extremity. The offices of the Royal Commissioners and the Executive are at the southern entrance.

WESTERN HALF,-Ground Floor.

Proceeding towards the west along the nave, or central avenue, are placed a statue of the Duke of Rutland, the Spitalfields trophy, the horse and dragon, Canadian timber, marble dog, specimens of stone carving, console table and glass, specimens of crystallization, cross in Caen stone, &c., altar screen, Eldon and Stowell group, Honduras timber, church clock, Elizabethan fountains, models, patent lighthouse, filtering apparatus, sculpture, Coalbrook Dale glass-house, equatorial telescope, Liverpool model, fountain, and lighthouse.

SOUTHERN HALF.

The Avenues, M, N, O, and part of P, proceeding from the west, contain successively printed fabrics of Manchester, London, and Glasgow; flax manufactures of Ireland; woollen and mixed fabrics, the productions of Sheffield; furniture; the hardwares of Birmingham; the Mediaval court; Australian, Canadian, and East Indian productions,

The avenues Q and R, from west to east, contain in succession, agricultural implements, court for sculpture, part of South Australia, Canada, and the East Indies. Avenue S is principally occupied by Class 1.

NORTHERN HALF.

The Avenue I, and part of the Central Avenue, proceeding east to west, contain cotton, leather, furs, part of mineral manufactures, furniture, paper, fine arts, Malta, Ceylon, and part of the East Indian articles.

The Avenues G. and H. contain carriages, mineral manufactures, marine and other engines, Guernsey and Jersey, fine arts, Maltese and East Indian contributions.

Avenue F. is appropriated to locomotive engines and railway mechanism.

Avenues C, D, and E contain, in a separate enclosure, cotton and other machinery in motion; beyond this the Western Refreshment Court, machines in motion, lathes and tools, mills, steam-engines, and a part of the East Indian articles.

Avenues A, B, contain cotton machines, woollen machines, flax machinery, silk and lace machinery, paper and printing machines in motion, Models and naval architecture,

GALLERIES.

The portions of the West (South) Galleries, near the Transept, South Entrance, are occupied by shawls.

South Gallery, P.-Proceeding from east to west, contains silks, chemical substances, substances used as food, vegetable and animal substances, naval architecture, guns, &c.

The interval between the west termination of the South Gallery, and that of the Central South, is occupied by naval, and other models.

Central South Gallery, M.-Proceeding from west to east, contains philosophical instruments, precious metals, tapestry, and silks. The interval between the western termination of the Central South Gallery, and that of the Central North, is occupied by philosophical and other contrivances, models, &c., and the great organ, which is in the centre.

Central North Gallery, I.-From west to east contains

philosophical, surgical and musical instruments, glass, and

pottery.

is occupied by pottery. The interval near the Transept, between these Galleries,

animal and vegetable manufactures, cutlery, surgical inNorth Gallery, F.-From east to west, contains pottery, struments, and models in civil engineering.

The portions of the West (North) Galleries, near the Transept, North Entrance, are occupied by pottery. Immediately over the South Entrance, in the Gallery, is the apparatus connected with the large electric clock.

EASTERN HALF.-Ground Floor.

mond, Sculpture, Wine-jars from Spain, Artillery, SculpThe Nave, or Central Avenue, contains the Great Diatures, Statue of Michael and Satan, Parisian Organ, Window, Amazon, Colossal Lion, Church Bell, Group of Colossal Statue of Godfrey de Bouillon, Stained Glass Horses, block of Zinc Ore.

The southern half of the ground-floor space is occupied, proceeding from west to east, by the following countries:-China, Tunis, Brazil, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Austria, Russia part of, Zollverein, United States, France part of.

The northern half by Persia, Arabia, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Zollverein, North Germany, Russia, United States, Belgium part of, Zollverein part of.

The north-east corner, including parts of Avenues C, D, E, are occupied by the Eastern Refreshment and open courts.

GALLERIES.

The Galleries near south entrance of Transept in the Eastern Division are occupied by articles of Clothing, Hosiery, &c.

South Gallery, P, is occupied partly by France and other States.

Central South Gallery, M, is occupied by Switzerland, France, Austria, and the United States.

Central North Gallery, I, contains the United States and other countries.

North Gallery, F, Specimens of Stained Glass, &c.
The Galleries near the north entrance of the Transept

The Galleries are named, respectively, South, Central are occupied by the Liverpool and Hull collection of South, Central North, and North.

articles and miscellaneous objects.

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