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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)17
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Furniture : the western tradition : history, style, design

Morley, John (1933-2001); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1999

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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