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Total number of records: 220

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items178
Archives42

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History67
Art and Antique Market42

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
decoration and ornament50
furniture49
furniture design30
architecture28
interior decoration16
decoration and ornament, architectural14
metal-work13
patents12
technology12
building8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England37
France13
Germany7
Italy4
London (England)4
Great Britain3
Scotland2
Baltic States1
Bath (England)1
Bath (Gb)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)178
Catton Printing, Norwich10
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
Richardson, C J (1806-1871)5
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)4
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-17794

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16004
From 170065
From 1800107
From 190040
From 20003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16992
Up to 179944
Up to 1899120
Up to 199944
Up to latest9

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Archive Print Item

Wrinch's red book : of garden requisites and garden furniture

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

1910

Trade catalogue. Contains index.

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Manual of wood carving : with practical illustrations for learners of the art, and original and selected designs

Bemrose, William (1831-1908); Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William (1816-1886); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1865?]

Title page printed in brown, red and black; title page and all other pages with red border. Plates printed in brown.

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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages

Shaw, Henry (1800-1873); Pickering, William (1796-1854); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1851

Title printed in red and black. Printer's device in red and black on title page. 23 of the plates are chromolithographs. "Corrigenda": first unnumbered page.

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Illustrated designs of cabinet furniture : engraved from photographs of stock at their new premises and manufactory, 8, Pall Mall East and 1,2,3, Dorset Place, Charing Cross, London

Nicholls, C F; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hampton & Sons

[186-?]

At head of title: Established 1830. Hampton & Sons. T.p. and text printed in red and black; t.p. has red and black ornamental border; text pages have red single-ruled borders. Illustrations accomp...

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Specimens of antique carved furniture and woodwork : measured and drawn

Marshall, Arthur architect; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1888

Ornamented title page, engraved in black and red.

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The modern builder's assistant; or, a concise epitome of the whole system of architecture; In which The various Branches of that excellent Study are establish'd on the most familiar Principles, And rendered adequate to every Capacity; Being useful to the Proficient, and easy to the Learner. Divided into three parts. Containing I. A Correct View of the Five Orders, explained in several Sheets of Letter-Press. II. Consisting of Regular Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses, in the most elegant and convenient Manner, either for the Reception of Noblemen, Gentlemen or Tradesmen with large or small Families, adapted to the Taste of Town or Country. To which Part is added, A great Variety of other Plans for Offices or Out-Houses adjoining to them of different Dimensions for Domestic Uses; Such as Kitchens, Wash-Houses, Malt-Houses, Bake-Houses, Brew-Houses, Dairies, Vaults, Stables, Coach-Houses, Dog-Kennels, &c. &c. Together with the Estimates of each Design, and Proper Instructions to the Workmen how to execute the same. III. Exhibiting (ornamental as well as plain) a Variety of Chimney-Pieces, Windows, Doors, Sections of Stair-Cases, Rooms, Halls, Saloons, &c. Skreens for Rooms, also Cielings, Piers, and Gate-Roofs, &c. &c. The whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates, from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects and Carpenters, Robert Morris, Surveyor, and and T. Lightoler, Carver

Halfpenny, William (1755); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)

MDCCVLII [1757]

Titlepage in red and black.

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Ancient coffers and cupboards : their history and description from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century

Roe, Fred (1864-1947); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1902

Title in red and black.

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Massey

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of a Queen Anne red and gilt japanned bereau cabinet by Daniel Massey

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