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English decoration and furniture of the later XVIIIth century (1760-1820) an account of its development and characteristic forms

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection A558

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Type of record: Book

Title: English decoration and furniture of the later XVIIIth century (1760-1820) an account of its development and characteristic forms

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection A558

Creator(s): Jourdain, Margaret

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)

Publisher: B.T. Batsford Ltd

Publication city: London

Date(s): [1922]

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 preliminary leaves, vii, v-xvi, 269 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731716

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019945195705181

Description

Includes index.


Foreword -- Decoration: Introduction -- Interiors -- Sculptors, Modellers and Designers of Ornament -- Materials and Processes -- Decorative Painting -- The Chimney-Piece -- Hall and Staircase -- The Door-Case and Door -- Plaster -- Metal Work -- Lighting of Rooms -- Furniture: The Development of Furniture -- Materials and Methods -- Furniture -- Metal Work -- Index to Illustrations -- Index to Text.


Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A558: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FEG/63.

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