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Total number of records: 22

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Books and printed items17
Archives5

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History7
Art and Antique Market5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture4
art2
country homes2
decorative arts2
historic buildings2
antiques1
architectural ironwork1
architecture, domestic1
arts decoratifs1
buildings1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England5
Bath (England)1
North Yorkshire (England)1
Scotland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)17
Agius, Pauline2
Heal & Son2
Allan, D G C1
Baird, Rosemary1
Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.1
Bedford, John (1907-)1
Burford, E J1
Castle Howard (England)1
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)1

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From 17001
From 18002
From 190016
From 20003

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Up to 199914
Up to latest5

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Freeman

c. 1960 - 2015

Photographs and cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by Freemans furniture manufacturers.

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Scottish houses and gardens : from the archives of Country life

Gow, Ian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2007

Includes index. Originally published: 1997.

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Decorative wrought ironwork in Great Britain

Lister, Raymond (1919-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1957

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.

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Penwork : a decorative phenomenon

Riley, Noël; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.

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1928 general catalogue of garden furniture and requisites

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wrinch & Sons

1928

Trade catalogue. Includes index.

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The Parker-Knoll collection

Turner, Cecil; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Parker-Knoll Ltd

[1955]

Introduction signed: Cecil Turner.

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The Hochschild collection of highly important English furniture and decorative objects which will be sold by auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.... London, 1st December, 1978

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co

[1978]

"Catalogue may be referred to as "WILLOW." Includes price list. Includes bibliographical references. Place of sale: London.

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Oetzmann & Co. notecard
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Oetzmann & Co. notecard

Oetzmann & Co.

c.1910

Simple early 20th century lithographed notecard of Oetzmann & Co. with motto 'Everything for furnishing' in top left corner. Leaf design underneath text. Manuscript ink note on front of card 'Re sauce...

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John Milne & Son billhead

John Milne & Son

23 Oct 1788

Pictorial billhead of John Milne & Son for an order of various metalware items for Mr Campbell.

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Greaves and Thomas letter

Greaves and Thomas

09 Jul 1921

Letter from Greaves and Thomas to Mr Truscott regarding price.

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The Elgin affair : the abduction of antiquity's greatest treasures and the passions it aroused

Vrettos, Theodore; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1997

Includes bibliography (pages [223]-228), and index.

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