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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc
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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc

Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Charpentier, Francois-Phillipe? (1734-1817); Angier, Paul (1725-1757); Benoist, Antoine (1721-1770?); Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste? (1721-1806); Eisen, Charles-Doinique-Joseph (1720-1778); Darly, Matthew (1721-1780); Le Romain, Jacques Dumont (1701-1781); Edwards, George (1694-1773); Peyrotte, Alexis (1699-1769); Brunetti, Gaetano? (1758); Babel, Pierre Edme (1775); Nilson, Johann Esaias (1721-1788); Hemerick; Sympson, Samuel (1751); Vivares, Thomas (1744-1783)

[approximately 1754-1798]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Album or scrapbook containing eighteenth-century ornamental plates.

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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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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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A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates

Busby, C A (1786-1834); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[not before 1822]

Bedford Collection copy A594 has several plates watermarked: J Whatman 1822. Bedford Collection copy A594 has bound at the end is A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, ...

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A few suggestions for ornamental decoration : a collection of designs & colour schemes for painters' & decorators' work

Scott-Mitchell, Frederick; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Thos. Parsons & Sons.

1908

Includes room color schemes, mounted color samples, and black and white decorative details.

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A new book of hunting trophies engrav'd from the designs of the celebrated Monsieur Huët : properly adapted to the new method of ornamenting rooms & screens with prints

Huët, Christophe (1700-1759); Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Angier, Paul (1725-1757); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1810?]

Dated from title page watermarked 1810. First edition published by T Major in 1757.

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Decorating with marble, stone and granite

Parsons, Christine; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1990]

"A Quintet book"--Title page verso. Includes index. Choosing and buying stone: making the right choice -- Restoration and cleaning: looking after your stone -- Kitches: work surfaces, floors and w...

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English decoration and furniture of the later XVIIIth century (1760-1820) an account of its development and characteristic forms

Jourdain, Margaret; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1922]

Includes index. Foreword -- Decoration: Introduction -- Interiors -- Sculptors, Modellers and Designers of Ornament -- Materials and Processes -- Decorative Painting -- The Chimney-Piece -- Hall and...

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