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Total number of records: 17

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Books and printed items16
Archives1

Count of Collection group

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History3
Art and Antique Market1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture design9
draperies8
furniture8
seating (furniture)8
decoration and ornament5
architecture3
chinoiserie3
shields3
interior decoration2
art1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)16
Furstenberg Princely Court Household [Library], Donaueschingen, Germany8
Godel, Vilhelm (1864-1941)8
Guilmard, DéSiré (1810-1889)8
Vivares, Francois [And Others] (1709-1780)2
Angier, Paul (1725-1757)1
Babel, Pierre Edme (1775)1
Bard Graduate Center For Studies In the Decorative Arts1
Benoist, Antoine (1721-1770?)1
Brunetti, Gaetano? (1758)1

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From 20002

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Unfiled material (loose items)

c.1900-c.2017

Unfiled material found throughout the Collection. Mainly cuttings from auctioneer catalogues. Much of this has been marked up for filing (categories) by John Bedford but had not been incorporated in...

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[Laubfüllungen und Schwarzornamente: Ornamental design for metalwork]

Reuttimann, Johann Conrad (fl. 1676-1681); Wolf, Jeremias (1663-1724); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[circa 1685]

Folge bezeichnet N. 46 [sequence no. 46]. Titel fingiert nach AKL Online und Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der KB Berlin [title from Berlin State Museum, Berlin Kat. 690 and date]. "9 Platten au...

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Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style : consisting of hall, glass & picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture and various ornaments for carvers, Modellers, &c

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Weale, John (1791-1862); Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[183-?]

Two title plates and 31 other plates. Bedford Collection copy E150 has 9 numbered plates in sequence, of which 1 is title plate A book of ornaments by Matthias Lock, 12 numbered non-sequentially, and ...

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[Folder of eighteenth-century ornamental designs, from various books of ornament] (Folder 2)

Vivares, François [and others] (1709-1780); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

c.1754-c.1780?

Bedford Collection copy A589 contains loose plates from: 1. Edwards and Darly, A new book of Chinese designs (1754), plates 5, 12[?],21, 26, 54, 82, 119 [folder 2]. / 2. Jean Pillement, Recueil des fo...

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[Folder of eighteenth-century ornamental designs, from various books of ornament]

Vivares, François [and others] (1709-1780); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

c.1754-c.1780?

Bedford Collection copy A589 contains loose plates from: 1. Edwards and Darly, A new book of Chinese designs (1754), plates 5, 12[?],21, 26, 54, 82, 119 [folder 2]. / 2. Jean Pillement, Recueil des fo...

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Thomas Hope : Regency designer

Hope, Thomas (1769-1831); Watkin, David (1941-2018); Hewat-Jaboor, Philip; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts; Victoria and Albert Museum

2008

Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Thomas Hope: Regency Designer', held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, 17 July-16 Nov. 2008, and previou...

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Design for tea : tea wares from the dragon court to afternoon tea

Pettigrew, Jane; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2003

Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. 'Priests' Hats and Lotus Flowers': Earthenware Teapots from China -- 2. 'In a Porcelain Vessel': Porcelain Teapots from China and Japan -- 3. 'In Im...

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Le garde-meuble ancien et moderne (oversize, vol 8)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gödel, Vilhelm (1864-1941); Fürstenberg princely court household [library], Donaueschingen, Germany

[c.1839-18]

Title taken from plate[s] in volume 1. Le garde meuble was bi-monthly [every two months?] periodical designed and published by Désiré Guilmard in Paris, starting in 1839. Each bi-monthly edition...

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Le garde-meuble ancien et moderne (oversize, vol 3)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gödel, Vilhelm (1864-1941); Fürstenberg princely court household [library], Donaueschingen, Germany

[c.1839-18]

Title taken from plate[s] in volume 1. Le garde meuble was bi-monthly [every two months?] periodical designed and published by Désiré Guilmard in Paris, starting in 1839. Each bi-monthly edition...

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Le garde-meuble ancien et moderne (oversize, vol 5)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gödel, Vilhelm (1864-1941); Fürstenberg princely court household [library], Donaueschingen, Germany

[c.1839-18]

Title taken from plate[s] in volume 1. Le garde meuble was bi-monthly [every two months?] periodical designed and published by Désiré Guilmard in Paris, starting in 1839. Each bi-monthly edition...

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Le garde-meuble ancien et moderne (oversize, vol 6)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gödel, Vilhelm (1864-1941); Fürstenberg princely court household [library], Donaueschingen, Germany

[c.1839-18]

Title taken from plate[s] in volume 1. Le garde meuble was bi-monthly [every two months?] periodical designed and published by Désiré Guilmard in Paris, starting in 1839. Each bi-monthly edition...

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