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Total number of records: 40

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Books and printed items38
Archives2

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History7
Art and Antique Market2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture16
antiques4
art objects4
chairs4
woodwork4
architectural ironwork2
cabinetmakers2
decoration and ornament2
decorative arts2
windsor chairs2

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England10
Great Britain3
Europe1
Ireland1
London1
London (England)1
Soho Square (London, England)1
Wales1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)38
Edwards, Ralph (1894-1977)13
Brackett, Oliver (1875-1941)4
Macquoid, Percy (1925)4
Richards, Samuel (1859-1928)4
Roe, F Gordon (1894-1985)4
S. Richards (Firm)4
Smith, H Clifford (1876-1960)4
Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Woodwork4
Victoria and Albert Museum3

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From 180012
From 190024
From 20003

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Up to 199930
Up to latest3

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Victorian cabinet maker : the memoirs of James Hopkinson 1819-1894

Hopkinson, James (1819-1894); Goodman, Jocelyne Baty; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1968

Includes bibliographical references.

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Stanley Webb Davies, 1894-1978 : arts and crafts furniture maker

Wright, Hugh; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2006

Bibliography: pages 127-128.

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The Victorian catalogue of household furnishings

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hampton and Sons (Firm)

1994

A reprint of the catalogue issued by Hamptons, one of the most celebrated furnishing stores in London, in 1894.

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Hampton & Sons promotional material

Hampton & Sons Limited

1894

Leaf from The Country Gentlemen's Catalogue, 1894. Advertising Hampton & Sons Decorators & Complete House Furnishers.

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Alexander and Howell trade card
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Alexander and Howell trade card

Alexander and Howell

c.1880

Highly pictorial 19th century lithographed trade card of Alexander and Howell. Trader details with decorative initials and flourishes. Fanfare trumpet player with banner depicted to left in royal cere...

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Irish furniture : papers presented at the Symposium of the Furniture History Society on 6 February 1999 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Austen, Brian (1932-); Glin, Desmond FitzGerald Knight of (1937-2011); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Furniture History Society (London, England). Symposium; Victoria & Albert Museum

[2000]

Includes bibliographical references.

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The Post Office London directory

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Great Britain. Post Office; Guildhall Library (London, England)

1843-1877, 1880-1881, 1884, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894-1895, 1900, 1902-1919, 1922-1927, 1931, 1933, 1936-1938, 1940-1946, 1948-1951, 1953-1975, 1977-1991 Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collec...

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Antiques, curiosities and objects of art on sale by S. Richards, 77 Houndsgate, Nottingham (Vol 3)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Richards, Samuel (1859-1928); S. Richards (Firm)

1890-1913

S Richard's catalogues were issued monthly from 1884 with some exceptions until the period before WW1, for example, there was no May 1890 issue, instead Richards increased the content of June 1890 iss...

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Antiques, curiosities and objects of art on sale by S. Richards, 77 Houndsgate, Nottingham (vol 2)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Richards, Samuel (1859-1928); S. Richards (Firm)

1890-1913

S Richard's catalogues were issued monthly from 1884 with some exceptions until the period before WW1, for example, there was no May 1890 issue, instead Richards increased the content of June 1890 iss...

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Antiques, curiosities and objects of art on sale by S. Richards, 77 Houndsgate, Nottingham

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Richards, Samuel (1859-1928); S. Richards (Firm)

1890-1913

S Richard's catalogues were issued monthly from 1884 with some exceptions until the period before WW1, for example, there was no May 1890 issue, instead Richards increased the content of June 1890 iss...

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Antiques, curiosities and objects of art on sale by S. Richards, 77 Houndsgate, Nottingham

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Richards, Samuel (1859-1928); S. Richards (Firm)

1890-1913

S Richard's catalogues were issued monthly from 1884 with some exceptions until the period before WW1, for example, there was no May 1890 issue, instead Richards increased the content of June 1890 iss...

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The cult of beauty : the aesthetic movement, 1860-1900

Calloway, Stephen; Orr, Lynn Federle (1947-); Whittaker, Esmé; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria and Albert Museum; Musée d'Orsay; M. H. De Young Memorial Museum

2011

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the V & A, London, 2 Apr-17 Jul 2011; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 12 Sep 2011-15 Jan 2012; de Young Museum, San Francisco, 18 Feb-17 Jun 2012....

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