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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)58
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
London Society of Cabinet Makers4
Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806)3
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Victoria and Albert Museum3

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 2)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 1)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 2)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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The cabinet makers sketch book : a series of original details for modern furniture (B)

Thomson, Peter (1871); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1853?]

Engraved title page and dedicatory page designed by author.

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The cabinet makers sketch book : a series of original details for modern furniture (A)

Thomson, Peter (1871); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1853?]

Engraved title page and dedicatory page designed by author.

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[Designs for furniture]

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Vallance, Keith; J Whatman, Kent

[1828?]

Pattern book of 65 hand coloured undated plates of furniture designs, watermarked J Whatman [i.e. paper makers, Kent]. Two interleaves dated 1828 and 1 dated 1825.

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The Cabinet-maker's assistant: a series of original designs for modern furniture, with descriptions and details of construction. Preceded by practical observations on the materials and manufacture of cabinet-work, and instructions in drawing adapted to the trade (A)

Thomson, P; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1853

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection C035: added title page, engraved, has title: The cabinet maker's assistant. Original designs for furniture (copy B).

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The Cabinet-maker's assistant: a series of original designs for modern furniture, with descriptions and details of construction. Preceded by practical observations on the materials and manufacture of cabinet-work, and instructions in drawing adapted to the trade (B)

Thomson, P; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1853

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection C035: added title page, engraved, has title: The cabinet maker's assistant. Original designs for furniture (copy B).

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Le guide du tapissier, de l'ʹebʹeniste, et de tous ceux qui travaillent en meubles; comme aussi celui des honnêtes-gens qui en font faire:... Le tout reprʹesentʹe en 200 planches proprement gravʹees; ... Par Thomas Chippendale (oversize)

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1762

Published according to an act of Parliament 1753, 1759, 1760, 1761 1762 etc. Designed and drawn by Thomas Chippendale, engraved by T Miller, Hemerich, M Darly, C Lowe, I Taylor, B Clowes, W Foster, I...

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The Guide to trade. The joiner and cabinet-maker

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1845

Printer's name from colophon. Follows the fictional career of Thomas, a young 19th-century English carpenter's apprentice, through his training in traditional joinery and casework techniques. Two ...

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