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Total number of records: 157

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items147
Archives9
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History35
Art and Antique Market10

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture47
decoration and ornament36
interior decoration22
furniture design21
meubles18
furniture making12
art10
ironwork10
decorative arts8
draperies8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
France103
England16
Europe8
Great Britain7
Paris (France)6
London (England)4
Sussex (England)2
Belgium1
Frankreich1
Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)147
Christie, Manson & Woods7
Guilmard, DéSiré (1810-1889)7
Morisot, J.-M.-R (1767-1821)7
Quetin, Victor5
La Mesangere, Pierre De (1761-1831)4
Lalonde, Richard De (1735-1808)4
William Clowes and Sons4
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (1734-1789)3
Delatour, Louis Francois (1727-1807)3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1001
From 15001
From 16001
From 170014
From 180046
From 190072
From 200020

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1991
Up to 15991
Up to 16991
Up to 179912
Up to 189940
Up to 199972
Up to latest28

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France

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues and notes on France and Bradburn, France and Banting and William France furniture. Also see Banting, France and Co. file.

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Houses - France

c.1900 - c.2010

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France, Richard

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by painter Richard, France.

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Banting, France and Co.

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture attributed to and in the manner of Banting, France and Co. Also see France file.

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Frances Collard and Sarah Medlam

c.1980- c.2017

Correspondence between John Bedford and Frances Collard and Sarah Medlam at the V&A.

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France & Beckwith trade card [reproduction]
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France & Beckwith trade card [reproduction]

France & Beckwith

c.1803

Computer printout photograph of pictorial early 19th century engraved trade card of France & Beckwith. Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Trader de...

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Val D'Osne (France. Iron Foundry).

c.1900 - c.2010

Cuttings from various auction catalogues, periodicals etc.

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Ducel, J. J & Fils (France. Iron Foundry).

c.1900 - c.2010

Cuttings from various auction catalogues, periodicals etc.

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Seventeenth-century interior decoration in England, France and Holland

Thornton, Peter (1925-2007); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

1978

Includes index.

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Wall-papers of France 1800-1850 : a contribution to the study of the decorative arts

Nouvel-Kammerer, Odile; Seguin, Jean Pierre; Timmer, Margaret; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1981

Includes bibliography (page 30), and index.

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Toiles de Jouy : classic printed textiles from France 1760-1843

Brédif, Josette; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1989

Bibliography: p178-180 - Includes index "Based on a translation from the French Toiles de Jouy" - Title pageverso.

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Elements of style : the art of the bronze mount in 18th and 19th century France

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope (1946-); Stiebel, George G; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Rosenberg & Stiebel

[1984]

"April 13 to June 15, 1984."

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