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furniture19
furniture design10
decoration and ornament6
architecture3
chairs2
interior decoration2
cabinetwork1
candelabra1
ceilings1
chair design1

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England6
Ireland1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)19
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)8
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-17796
Brady Bookbinders4
Gillow & Co4
Gillow & Co.4
Stuart, Susan E (1943-)4
Bell, J Munro2
Hayden, Arthur (1868-1946)2
Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778)2

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Chair & coach frame manufacturer : (to the trade)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); J. Cinnamon

[1920]

Trade catalogue. Catalogued from cover.

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A collection of ornamental designs : applicable to furniture, frames & the decoration of rooms, in the style of Louis 14th : on 24 plates

Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Walker, Anthony (1726-1765); Taylor, M[artin]?; June, John (fl. 1740-1770); Glazier, P; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lees-Milne, James (1908-1997); Sainsbury, Montague Ely (1905-1998?)

[1838?]

Several plates signed by Lock; attribution from Winterthur catalog, v. 8, p. 228. Spine title: Chippendale's ornaments & designs &c.

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Old English and French ornaments : comprising 244 designs, on 105 plates, of elaborate examples of hall glasses, picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture, ornaments for brass workers and silver workers, rich ornamental ironwork patterns, and for carvers, modellers, &c. &c. &c

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Pether, Thomas; Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Weale, John (1791-1862); Kirk, Jas; Darly, Matthias (1720-1778); Swan, Abraham; Clowes, Butler (1782); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1858-1859

A compilation of parts of works, including Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style; A book of ornaments, suitable for beginners, by Thos. Pether, carver; A book of orn...

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H. Pander & Zonen : meubelfabrikanten - hofleveranciers

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); H. Pander & Zonen

[1850-1900]

Date taken from online bookseller's listing for another copy ( https://www.pottertonbooks.co.uk/item/367112/no-author/h-pander-and-zonen).

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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great variety of chairs, sofas, beds, and couches; china-tables, dressing-tables, shaving-tables, bason-stands, and teakettle-stands; frames for marble-slabs, bureau-dressing-tables, and commodes; writing-tables, and library-tables; library-book-cases, organ-cases for private rooms, or churches, desks, and book-cases; dressing and writing-tables with book-cases, toilets, cabinets, and cloaths-presses; china-cases, china-shelves, and book-shelves; candle-stands, terms for busts, stands for china jars, and pedestals; cisterns for water, lanthorns, and chandeliers; fire-screens, brackets, and clock-cases; pier-glasses, and table-frames; girandoles, chimney-pieces, and picture-frames; stove-grates, boarders, frets, chinese-railing, and brass-work, for furniture. And other ornaments. To which is prefixed, A short explanation of the five orders of architecture; with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified. The whole comprehended in two hunderd [sic] copper-plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present taste, and suited to the fancy and circumstances of persons in all degrees of life. By Thomas Chippendale, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London (oversize)

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

MDCCLXII. [1762]

In this issue, the words "chairs, sofas,... for furniture." are laid out in a regular paragraph form. Another issue (ESTC T102007) has this passage laid out in two columns separated by a double rule. ...

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Irish furniture : papers presented at the Symposium of the Furniture History Society on 6 February 1999 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Austen, Brian (1932-); Glin, Desmond FitzGerald Knight of (1937-2011); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Furniture History Society (London, England). Symposium; Victoria & Albert Museum

[2000]

Includes bibliographical references.

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The gentleman & cabinet-maker's director : reprint of the third edition with a biographical sketch and photographic supplement of Chippendale-type furniture

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

1966

"Unabridged and unaltered republication of the third ed. published by the author in London in 1762"--Title page verso. Facsimile reprint. With title: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : bei...

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The furniture designs of Thomas Chippendale

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bell, J Munro; Hayden, Arthur (1868-1946); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1910

Contains reproduction of title page of 1754 edition: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, ...

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The furniture designs of Thomas Chippendale

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bell, J Munro; Hayden, Arthur (1868-1946); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1910

Contains reproduction of title page of 1754 edition: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, ...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.i)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.ii)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.230106025877266)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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