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upholstered furniture18
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mirrors5
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chair design3
vases2
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)18
Alfred Goslett & Co. Ltd.3
Gosnell, Samuel3
Smith, George (1786-1826)3
A. Hepplewhite and Co2
Adlard, H2
Alexander, James Du Pre (1812-1855)2
Lady Lever Art Gallery2
Taylor, J (1761-1834)2
Whitaker, Henry (1825-1847)2

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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 London upholsterer's companion : containing the most approved and modern methods for the various styles of manufacturing, including the art of spring stuffing, with all its late improvements, &c., &c

Crofton, John Saville; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Folkard, R

1834

With a directory of manufacturers [4 pages, advertisements] after page 89.

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A collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration in the most approved and elegant taste / parts I and II

Smith, George (1786-1826); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1805]

Parts I and II of the plain aquatint original issued in parts as advertised by George Smith in 1805. 100 plates dated Dec 1 1804 [part I] and July 1, 1805 [part II]. Bedford copy A085 incomplete, ...

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Pattern book of furniture designs
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Pattern book of furniture designs

King, Thomas (1829-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Grisbrook, William

[c.1839?]

Bedford Collection copy A109 is wanting title page and 6 plates [possibly lithographs]: missing numbers 136-139, 160-163, 184-187, 236-237, 276-277, 338. Plate numbers 278, 279, 313 and 314 almost ma...

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[Trade catalogue for John Ortelli, Wholesale & export cabinet & looking glass manufacturer, 48 & 49, Hatton Garden, London. E.C.]

Ortelli, John (fl. c.1856-1877); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Temple, John; Goddard & Son, Hull

[c.1866?]

No title page, no date. Trade catalogue with non-sequentially numbered furniture designs 1 to 183, wanting 68 & 72. With two loose large sheets [advertisement/poster] of designs numbered 33 to 70, 180...

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Le magasin de meubles. sièges fantaisie : contenant 60 planches

Quétin, Victor; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1870]

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Furniture, upholstery, mirrors

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Alfred Goslett & Co. Ltd.

[1940]

Trade catalogue. Includes index.

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Furniture, upholstery, mirrors

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Alfred Goslett & Co. Ltd.

[1930]

Trade catalogue. Includes index.

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Furniture, upholstery, mirrors

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Alfred Goslett & Co. Ltd.

[1931]

Trade catalogue. Includes index.

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The upholstered furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (v.2)

Wood, Lucy (1985-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lady Lever Art Gallery

[2008]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1101-1126) and index. Volume I -- UPholstered furniture in Britain c. 1690-1820 // design, manufacture and trade -- late baroque upholstery and seating c. ...

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The upholstered furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (v.1)

Wood, Lucy (1985-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lady Lever Art Gallery

[2008]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1101-1126) and index. Volume I -- UPholstered furniture in Britain c. 1690-1820 // design, manufacture and trade -- late baroque upholstery and seating c. ...

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The practical cabinet maker & upholsterer's treasury of designs : house-furnishing & decorating assistant : in the Grecian, Italian, Renaissance, Louis-Quatorze, Gothic, Tudor, and Elizabethan styles : interspersed with designs executed for the royal palaces, and for some of the principal mansions of the nobility and gentry, and club houses

Whitaker, Henry (1825-1847); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Alexander, James Du Pre (1812-1855); Adlard, H

[1847?]

Added engraved title page: Cabinet maker & upholsterer's treasury of designs. Introduction dated: "February, 1847." Bedford Collection copy A581 has contents of 8 pages describing 111 plates, and is...

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