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Total number of records: 210

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History41
Cookery Collection2
Leeds Russian Archive1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture210
furniture design88
decoration and ornament44
interior decoration35
architecture21
meubles21
cabinetwork19
house furnishings17
upholstery13
draperies12

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England26
France18
Germany11
Scotland4
Italy2
Netherlands2
Austria1
Bath1
Belgium1
Great Britain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)205
Guilmard, DéSiré (1810-1889)12
Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806)10
Furstenberg Princely Court Household [Library], Donaueschingen, Germany8
Godel, Vilhelm (1864-1941)8
London Society of Cabinet Makers8
Quetin, Victor6
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)5
Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm5
Smith, George (1786-1826)5

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Earliest dateCount
From 16002
From 170037
From 1800171

Count of Latest date

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Up to 16991
Up to 179929
Up to 1899180

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An encyclopædia of cottage, farm, and villa architecture and furniture : containing numerous designs for dwellings... each design accompanied by analytical and critical remarks

Loudon, John Claudius (1783-1843)

1839

At front is a "Notice of a series of encyclopaedias & dictionaries"(16 p.), dated Sept. 1840; at end is an index to vols. 1-5 of "The Architectural Magazine" (edited by Loudon), followed by a list of ...

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Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti (oversize)

Albertolli, Giocondo (1742-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Mercoli, Giacomo (1745-1825)

1787

Engraved title page and dedication (to comte de Wilzeck). [2] pages of letterpress. Bedford Collection K008 (another copy) is first item in a bound volume of 3 items. Bedford Collection K008 bound...

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Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti

Albertolli, Giocondo (1742-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Mercoli, Giacomo (1745-1825)

1787

Engraved title page and dedication (to comte de Wilzeck). [2] pages of letterpress. Bedford Collection K008 (another copy) is first item in a bound volume of 3 items. Bedford Collection K008 bound...

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Hints on household taste in furniture, upholstery and other details

Eastlake, Charles L (1836-1906); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Spottiswoode & Co.

1878

Includes index.

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The art of decoration

Haweis, Mary Eliza (1848-1898); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Spottiswoode & Co.

1881

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Journal Bau-und Moebelschreiner.Tapezirer und fur Gewerbszeichnenschulen (vol 2 (oversize))

Kimbel, Wilhelm; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

nd [1842-?]

In three volumes: Das complette Werk besteht aus 3 Bänden.

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Journal Bau-und Moebelschreiner.Tapezirer und fur Gewerbszeichnenschulen (vol 1 (oversize))

Kimbel, Wilhelm; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

nd [1842-?]

In three volumes: Das complette Werk besteht aus 3 Bänden.

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Journal Bau-und Moebelschreiner.Tapezirer und fur Gewerbszeichnenschulen (vol 3 (oversize))

Kimbel, Wilhelm; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

nd [1842-?]

In three volumes: Das complette Werk besteht aus 3 Bänden.

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Journal für Möbelschreiner und Tapezirer (oversize)

Kimbel, Wilhelm; Dondorf, Bernhard (1809-1902); Lehnhardt, J; Teubner, Benedictus Gotthelf (1784-1856); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bergs Skolans Bibliothek, Sweden

1837-1841

Bedford Collection K021 copy is only 1 volume comprising 24 numbered hand coloured plates and 24 uncoloured diagrammatic plates by Dondorf and Lehnhardt after Kimbel. A complete set should consist of ...

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Ideen zur äussern und innern Verzierung der Gebäude, als Anleitung für angehende mechanischen Künstler und Handwerker zur Uebung im Erfinden und Darstellen. Seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit dem Erzherzog Rainer in tiefster Ehrerbietung zugeeignet von dem Verfasser Georg Pein, Architeckt und der k. k. Akademie der Bildenden Künste Mitglied. Erster Theil mit 36 Kupfertafeln in aquatinta geäzt von Piringer (oversize)

Pein, Georg (1775-1834); Piringer, Benedikt (1780-1826); Vittinghoff, Karl Baron von (1772-1826); Spiegl, Joseph; Rainer, Joseph Archduke of Austria (1783-1853); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1809

Plates designed by Georg Pein, architect, and etched by Joseph Spiegl or Karl Vittinghoff and aquatint by Benedict Piringer. Part I only. Plates include furniture, railings, gates, friezes, candelabr...

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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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