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Album de meubles riches
Quétin, Victor; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1865-1890]
At head of title: Le Magasin de Meubles.
The gilded age : the super-rich of the Edwardian era
Gregory, Alexis; Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908-2006); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1993
Published in New York 1993 with title: Families of fortune.
The London rich : the creation of a great city, from 1666 to the present
Thorold, Peter; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1999
Illustrations on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-374) and index.
Old English and French ornaments : comprising 244 designs, on 105 plates, of elaborate examples of hall glasses, picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture, ornaments for brass workers and silver workers, rich ornamental ironwork patterns, and for carvers, modellers, &c. &c. &c
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Pether, Thomas; Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Weale, John (1791-1862); Kirk, Jas; Darly, Matthias (1720-1778); Swan, Abraham; Clowes, Butler (1782); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1858-1859
A compilation of parts of works, including Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style; A book of ornaments, suitable for beginners, by Thos. Pether, carver; A book of orn...
A catalogue of the household furniture, several magnificent pier & chimney glasses, fine brilliant French plates, of very large sizes; beautiful French clocks, rich alabaster vases, a capital full-sized billiard table, three piano-fortes, elegant India commodes, a curious model of the Triumphal Pilllar at Moscow, a few paintings and prints, Berlin, Worcester, Colebrook Dale, & Dresden China; a cellar of choice wines, consisting of Champagne, Red and White Hermitage, Claret, Hock, very old and fine-flavoured Port, &c. &c. A fire engine, with hose and buckets complete; a patent mangel, and other effects
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Thomas Lister Forrest; Mansion House, Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey
1822
A4-F4,G, G2. Above the title: Oatlands.
Mid-Georgian Britain, 1740-69
Riding, Jacqueline; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
2010
Includes index. Introduction: London and life -- Love and sex, marriage and family -- Home and neighbourhood -- Work -- Food and drink -- Fashion -- Transport -- Relaxation and entertainment -- Char...
Victorian designs for the home
Newton, Charles; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1999
Introduction -- Persistence and change -- Early design reformers -- Reformed Gothic -- Mainstream Victorian -- Exoticism and eclecticism -- William Morris and his circle -- Aestheticism and Japonisme ...
Furniture : the western tradition : history, style, design
Morley, John (1933-2001); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1999
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Roman splendour, English arcadia : the English taste for Pietre Dure and the Sixtus cabinet at Stourhead
Jervis, Simon; Dodd, Dudley; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Trust (Great Britain)
[2015]
Published in association with the National Trust. Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230) and index. The English taste for Pietre Dure -- Roman Pietre Dure -- The supreme example: the ...
John Soane : an accidental romantic
Darley, Gillian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1999]
Illustrations on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index. "Sir John Soane (1753-1837) was one of the most influential and original of all English architects. In ...
The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace (oversize)
Gruner, Ludwig (1801-1882); Jameson, Mrs (1794-1860); Heywood, Mary; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bradbury & Evans; John Tiranti & Co., London
1846
Added title page engraved. The plates carry no numbers but are numbered 1-15 in 'List Of Plates'. Plates [3-6, 11, 12] are printed in full colour, 4 more are tinted. Some plates are signed with ...
An insular rococo : architecture, politics and society in Ireland and England, 1710-1770
Mowl, Tim; Earnshaw, Brian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1999
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- reservations and explanations -- The trouble with the Palladian -- Three villas to the rococo -- The garden as an expression of rococo ...