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Total number of records: 45

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History6
Brotherton Collection4

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fireplaces45
architecture10
mantels9
decoration and ornament5
decoration and ornament, architectural5
decorative cast-ironwork4
stoves4
cheminees d'appartement3
furniture design3
furniture, neoclassical3

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France4
Great Britain2
England1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)39
Bagnall, W F3
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (1734-1789)3
International Gypsylogical Foundation3
Adair, William2
Baldwin, Robert2
Barbeu Du Bourg, Jacques2
Barbeu Du Bourg, Jacques (1709-1779)2
British Foundrymen'S Association2
British Foundrymen'S Association. Annual Convention2

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Œuvres de M. Franklin... traduites de l'anglois sur la quatrieme édition, par M. Barbeu Dubourg; avec des additions nouvelles et des figures en taille douce (v.1)

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790); L'Ecuy, J.-B (1740-1834); Barbeu du Bourg, Jacques (1709-1779)

1773

Brunet states that the translation was made by J.B. L'Ecuy. Edited by Barbeu du Bourg.

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Œuvres de M. Franklin... traduites de l'anglois sur la quatrieme édition, par M. Barbeu Dubourg; avec des additions nouvelles et des figures en taille douce (v.2)

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790); L'Ecuy, J.-B (1740-1834); Barbeu du Bourg, Jacques (1709-1779)

1773

Brunet states that the translation was made by J.B. L'Ecuy. Edited by Barbeu du Bourg.

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Count Rumford's Experimental essays, political, economical, and philososphical. Essay IV. Of chimney fire-places, with proposals for improving them, to save Fuel; to render Dwelling-Houses more Comfortable and Salubrious, and, effectually to prevent Chimnies from Smoking

Rumford, Benjamin Graf von (1753-1814); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1796

Title from cover title of original wrappers. "The first volume of this work [i.e. 'Essays, political, economical, and philosophical'] will be completed in the course of two or three months; but, as ...

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Fireplaces and grates: metalwork pattern book of fire grates, stoves, railings, and balconies
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Fireplaces and grates: metalwork pattern book of fire grates, stoves, railings, and balconies

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[c.1793]

The Bedford Collection copy A104 has 12 plus 72 engraved designs [2 folded] and no watermarked pages. [Printed] for Skidmore. Plate 70 A design for an elegant warming stove by Skidmore, London, draw...

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English chimney-pieces : their design and development from the earliest times to the nineteenth century

Rothery, Guy Cadogan (1863-1940); Kocher, A Lawrence; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1927

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Gas fires and their settings

Weaver, Sir Lawrence (1876-1930); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1929

Reprinted from the Architectural review, February 1929.

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Firegrates and kitchen ranges

Eveleigh, David J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1983

Includes bibliographical references (page 31).

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The fashionable fire place, 1660-1840

Gilbert, Christopher; Wells-Cole, Anthony; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Temple Newsam House

1985

Exhibition held at Temple Newsam House.

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