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Total number of records: 13

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metal-work13
decoration and ornament6
brasses5
building5
cabinetwork5
gilding5
cabinet hardware4
building fittings2
chandeliers2
lamps2

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People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)13
Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783)5
Benard, Robert5
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)5
Henry Sotheran Ltd.5
Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798)5
B&m1
Bradford Public Library1
Chance, Son & Co. (Birmingham, England)1
Dineley, Francis Mark (1942-)1

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Ornaments for cabinet furniture with spikes at the back to drive (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Dineley, Francis Mark (1942-)

[no date]

An eighteenth-century? metalwork trade catalogue for handles, escutcheons, door knobs, rosettes [rosets], brass mouldings. 35 leaves of plates with several numbered designs on each, the last leaf is t...

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[Trade catalogue of brass furniture, portable bedsteads, flower stands ] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[c.1840?]

90 plates of numbered designs for furniture, particularly portable bedsteads, some French designs, also washstands, and japanned furniture.

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[Trade catalogue of decorative metal fittings for lamps, lamp bases, chandeliers, candle lamps] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[18-?]

Item descriptions include: candle lamp cone, copper consumer, light body, fluted shade. Some designs are engraved full size. Most designs include decorative foliage and flowers.

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[Trade catalogue of metal cranks, bell cranks, bell carriages, bell levers, door bell pulls and night bolts] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Radclyffes & Co, Birmingham

[1827?]

One plate is dated Jan'y 1827.

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[Trade catalogue for H. F. & G Carte? of brass and iron handles, escutcheons, sconces, hinges, castors, hooks, clocks, club sticks, cloak pins]

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); H. F. & G Carte[?]

[1800?]

First folded plate has engraved title: Ornaments for club sticks, clocks &c. 14 folded plates. Several plates have descriptions of items. Date suggested by watermark 1800. Vertical and horizontal ch...

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Birmingham trade catalogue for Timothy Smith of brass handles, escutcheons, hinges

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Smith, Timothy; Timothy Smith, Brassfounders (Birmingham, England); Sammlung Sutter Samedan

[1778?]

The plates are numbered until 101.

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Chance, Son & Co, Birmingham, trade catalogue of brass handles, locks, hooks, bolts, hinges, rings, escutcheons, rosettes, casters (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chance, Son & Co. (Birmingham, England)

[between 1760 and 1810?]

With printed contents [index of designs] on front pastedown and printed prices and measurements.

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[Trade catalogue for Messenger & Sons, Birmingham of metal brackets, pendants and other fittings for gas and oil lighting, or candles] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Messenger & Sons (Birmingham, England); Bradford Public Library

[1846?]

Plate 125 has Messenger & Sons, Birmingham. Engraved first plate: All the articles engraved in this book of patterns are manufactured for gas, oil, or candles and priced accordingly. Burners & glass...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 1)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 2)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 5)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 4)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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