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Total number of records: 24

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History9
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
decoration and ornament24
furniture10
furniture design9
architecture4
fireplaces3
furniture, neoclassical3
interior decoration3
sepulchral monuments3
vases3
altarpieces1

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PlaceCount
England3
France3
Great Britain1
Netherlands1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)22
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)4
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-17794
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (1734-1789)3
International Gypsylogical Foundation3
Angier, Paul (1725-1757)2
Vivares, Francois and Others (1709-1780)2
B T Batsford Ltd, London1
Babel, Pierre Edme (1775)1
Belz-Niedree, Philippe (1831-1917)1

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A new book of ornaments Typ[is?], Urns [?] &c

Rogers, Benjamin Bickley (1828-1919); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); J. Techener, Libraire, Paris

c.1775?

26 loose misnumbered engraved plates of designs for decoration with blank spaces for coats of arms, including vases and urns, plus engraved title page. Horizontal chain lines.

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Sketches of ornament

Chippendale, Thomas Junior [or The Younger] (1749-1823); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Davies, Francis Byam (1835-1854); Davies, Henry Fanshawe (1837-1914)

1779

Bedford Collection copy A129 consists entirely of plates, 6 in total including the title page, all by T.Chippendale, Jnr inv et ex. First item in a bound volume of 4 items. Bound with: 2. The prin...

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Oficina arcvlaria : in qva svnt ad spectantia diuersa eximia exempla ex varijs autoribus collecta = Bovticqve menvserie : d'dens laquelle sont comprins les plus notable fondaments, non moins arichesse auecq des nouuelles inuentons = Schriner Laden : in wischem begriffen seyn vnderschadtliche schoene Fondamenten zu Nutz deren Const Liebhaberen = Schrinwerckers Winckel : waer in begrepen syn de principaelste stucken der schrenwerckers const (oversize)

Passe, Crispijn van de (1670); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Blavignac, J J; Tribert, James; Le Court, Pierre; Brooke, Sir Thomas (1830-1980); Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John (1866-1956); Belz-Niedrée, Philippe (1831-1917)

1642

Originally published 1621 by van de Passe, the elder. Bedford Collection K076 has two sets of plates bound in 1 volume. Numbered pages 1-28 after title page are from Bernardino Radi, Varie inventioni...

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A collection of ornaments in the antique style : comprised in XXXVII plates (oversize)

Richardson, George (1736?-1813?); Richardson, William (1783-1796); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1816

Aquatinted throughout, including title page. The title and imprint are taken from the title-plate. originally published as A new drawing book of ornaments... in 1796 (see Note below).

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A new book of vases

Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); Laws, T; Darling, William (1760-1790); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hay, Edith

[1773]

Engraved throughout. The title is taken from plate [1]. Plates [2-3] are signed by T. Laws: Delint [and] Wm: Darling Sculpt. See also Bedford Collection copy A129 with 6 plates. This has only three ...

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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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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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Izdelii︠a︡ tulʹskikh masterov

Lobaneva, T; Shokarev, I︠U︡

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The grammar of ornament

Jones, Owen (1809-1874)

1868

Added t. p. in colors. With contributions by J. B. Waring, J. O. Westwood and M. D. Wyatt.

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Knight's vases and ornaments : Designed for the use of architects, silversmiths, jewellers, modellers, chasers, die sinkers, founders, carvers, and all ornamental manufacturers

Knight, Frederick; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1833

The title page is engraved by James Smith with R Hibblethwaite and designed by A Wright. Other plates engraved by Samuel Smith, E Kennion, E Topham, R Roos and others, drawn by J Page, T T Bury and ot...

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Original designs for cabinet furniture

King, Thomas (1730-1805); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, G S; Bradley, D; Elliot, John

[c.1835]

With 2 pages of advertisements for works just published by T. King at the end.

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