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Total number of records: 18

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Books and printed items13
Archives4
Art items1

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History12
Art and Antique Market5

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decoration and ornament6
metal-work6
building5
cabinetwork5
gilding5
furniture4
furniture design4
interior decoration2
architecture1
argenterie1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)13
Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783)5
Benard, Robert5
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)5
Henry Sotheran Ltd.5
Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798)5
Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682)2
Angier, Paul (1725-1757)1
B. Cohen & Sons (Firm)1
Babel, Pierre Edme (1775)1

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Archive Art Item

untitled marble portrait plaque

1820 - 1850

1 marble portrait plaque by John Gott in velvet mount and original giltwood frame.

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Archive Print Item

Designs for household furniture, exhibiting a variety of elegant and useful patterns, in the cabinet, chair, and upholstery branches : on eighty four plates (oversize)

Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1812

In the Bedford Collection copy K063, plates are watermarked 1810. The BAL [British Architectural Library] copy plates are also watermarked 1810. Most copies are dated 1812, although the BAL copy may b...

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Brett trade card
Archive Item

Brett trade card

Brett; W. Hookey

c.1820

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Brett with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with manicule a...

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The practical cabinet-maker, upholsterer, and complete decorator / by Peter & Michael Angelo Nicholson; with numerous illustrative engravings

Nicholson, Peter 1765-1844; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Nicholson, MA (1842); Michell, GV

1826-7

Engraved tp by MA Nicholson and Dick. Other steel engraved plates drawn by M.A. Nicholson and engraved by W. Kelsall, R. Tingle, J. Tingle, W. Symns, R. Roffe, J. Tyrer, A. Dick, J. Allen, Cosmo Armst...

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Archive Print Item

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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Archive Print Item

Box of loose printed single sheets comprising plates of furniture and ornamental designs from a variety of publishers (12 items)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Huet, Jean-Baptiste (1745-1811); Faber, John (1695?-1756); Göz, Gottfried Bernhard (1708-1774); Cramer, J B (1771-1858); Wyman & Sons; Marsh, Jones & Cribb (Leeds); Laurie & Whittle

between 1650 and 1899

A box of 12 loose printed single sheets including plates of furniture, architectural designs, portraits, a cover for sheet music, some of which are taken from publications. Title supplied by catalogu...

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Archive Item

R. & B. Cahill promotional material

1841

Directions for fixing and use of stove, with manuscript note to the Reverend Morley.

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Archive Item

John Hall & Son billhead

John Hall & Son

31 Mar 1941-31 Jul 1941

Pictorial billhead of John Hall & Son for an order of goods storage and fire insurance for W. B. Todd Esq.

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Archive Print Item

Quality furniture : catalogue service

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); B. Cohen & Sons (Firm)

[1927]

Trade catalogue. Includes a separate 12 page price list.

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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc
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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc

Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Charpentier, Francois-Phillipe? (1734-1817); Angier, Paul (1725-1757); Benoist, Antoine (1721-1770?); Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste? (1721-1806); Eisen, Charles-Doinique-Joseph (1720-1778); Darly, Matthew (1721-1780); Le Romain, Jacques Dumont (1701-1781); Edwards, George (1694-1773); Peyrotte, Alexis (1699-1769); Brunetti, Gaetano? (1758); Babel, Pierre Edme (1775); Nilson, Johann Esaias (1721-1788); Hemerick; Sympson, Samuel (1751); Vivares, Thomas (1744-1783)

[approximately 1754-1798]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Album or scrapbook containing eighteenth-century ornamental plates.

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Archive Print Item

Cabinet brass foundry, M. & P.B

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); T. H. Smith

[1880?]

Cover title. Includes index.

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