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furniture design23
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decoration and ornament5
architecture4
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furniture making2

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)23
Guilmard, DéSiré (1810-1889)10
Furstenberg Princely Court Household [Library], Donaueschingen, Germany8
Godel, Vilhelm (1864-1941)8
Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806)3
Wenzel, Gottfried Traugott3
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)2
Decan (1850-)2
Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques (1511-1586)1
Arts Council of Great Britain1

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François Linke, 1855-1946 : the Belle Epoque of French furniture

Payne, Christopher (1948-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[2003]

Includes bibliography (pages 508-510), and index.

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French eighteenth century furniture design : drawings from the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris

Bécard, Jacqueline; Watson, F J B (1907-1992); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Musée des arts décoratifs (France); Arts Council of Great Britain

1960

Exhibition catalog prepared by Jacqueline Bécard; essay by F.J.B. Watson.

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A directory of antique furniture : the authentic classification of European and American designs for professionals & connoisseurs

Hinckley, F Lewis; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1953]

Interrelation of furniture designs -- The spread of French and English design influences -- Structural methods and materials -- Illustrations : Furniture related to the French school; Furniture relate...

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Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style : consisting of hall, glass & picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture and various ornaments for carvers, Modellers, &c

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Weale, John (1791-1862); Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[183-?]

Two title plates and 31 other plates. Bedford Collection copy E150 has 9 numbered plates in sequence, of which 1 is title plate A book of ornaments by Matthias Lock, 12 numbered non-sequentially, and ...

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[Collection of 18th century designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation from the library of Anton Possenbacher, court furniture-maker in Munich] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Possenbacher, Anton (1842-1920); Will, Johan Martin (1727-1806); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste (1721-1806); Lalonde, Richard de (1735-1808); Boucher, François (1703-1770); Marlborough Rare Books

[various dates]

161 engraved plates of neoclassical designs for furniture by French designers including Lalonde, Delafosse, and Boucher, and German designers including J T Hauer, published during the mid 18th century...

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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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Divers desseins

Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques (1511-1586); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Parker, Richard Timothy George Mansfield 9th Earl of Macclesfield (1943-); Parker, Thomas 1st Earl of Macclefield (1666-1732); Parker, George 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (1697-1764); Parker, Thomas 3rd Earl of Macclefield (1723-1795); Sotheby's (Firm); Robin Halwas

c.1545-1565

66 plates hand numbered 1 to 67, folio 44 numbered on recto 44 and 45 on verso, comprising 73 etched designs for furniture and furnishings. French title taken from spine. Collation: forty-four print...

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Le tourneur parisien : receuil de documents pour les tourneurs et les amateurs (Vol 1)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Decan (fl.1850); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1850?]

Two parts in two volumes: first part has 23 plates (lithographs) not including title page and second part or volume has 24 plates including title page. Lithographs by Decan, Paris, from designs by Gui...

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Le tourneur parisien : receuil de documents pour les tourneurs et les amateurs (Vol 2)

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Decan (fl.1850); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1850?]

Two parts in two volumes: first part has 23 plates (lithographs) not including title page and second part or volume has 24 plates including title page. Lithographs by Decan, Paris, from designs by Gui...

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The cabinet-makers' London book of prices

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bowman, William; Park, Thomas; Mouncey, James; Cowdroy, William; London Society of Cabinet Makers

nd [1801?]

Bedford Collection copy A157 is incomplete and comprises Errata - second, Index, Index - second, Masters' Names, 279 pages of text, 16 pages of tables, 18 numbered plates, 1 unnumbered table for mould...

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