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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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste: including a great variety of book-cases for libraries or private rooms. Commodes, library and writing-tables, buroes, breakfast-tables, dressing and china-tables, china-cases, hanging-shelves, tea-chests, trays, fire-screens, chairs, settees, sopha's, beds, presses and cloaths-chests, pier-glass sconces, slab frames, brackets, candle-stands, clock-cases, frets, and other ornaments. To which is prefixed. A short explanation of the five orders of architecture, and rules of perspective; 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 one hundred and sixty 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, of St. Martin's-lane, cabinet-maker (oversize)
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1754]
Titlepage in red and black. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. The third leaf is an engraved dedication.
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste: including a great variety of book-cases for libraries or private rooms. Commodes, library and writing-tables, buroes, breakfast-tables, dressing and china-tables, china-cases, hanging-shelves, tea-chests, trays, fire-screens, chairs, settees, sopha's, beds, presses and cloaths-chests, pier-glass sconces, slab frames, brackets, candle-stands, clock-cases, frets, and other ornaments. To which is prefixed. A short explanation of the five orders of architecture, and rules of perspective; 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 one hundred and sixty 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, of St. Martin's-lane, cabinet-maker (oversize)
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1754]
Titlepage in red and black. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. The third leaf is an engraved dedication.