Queen's Album e-catalogue - Catalog - Page 13
The edges of the album are gilt; the covers
are heavy and bevelled. The treatment of
the binding is chaste in the extreme, the
linings being of white watered satin and the
coverings of ruby velvet. The mountings are
Picton Viaduct over Stonequarry Creek
1870
Glass plate negative
NSW State Archives
NRS 4481 SH1117
of silver, in bold relief, wrought in repoussé
and finished in bright, dead, and chased work;
the ornamentation consisting of interlaced
foliated corner-pieces of elaborate design—
the polished edges of which embrace and
strengthen the cover—and of a large and
graceful centre-piece, representing the Royal
monogram, designed to harmonize with
the rest of the silver work.
The album is deposited in a case made of
Colonial woods, which is in itself a gem of art.
The lid has a plate-glass panel, and the sides
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