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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History7
Art and Antique Market4

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furniture2
furniture design2
broadsides1
verse satire, english1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Andra, Friedrich2
Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm2
National Technical Museum Library, Czech Republic2
Butts, William1
Shearcroft, Essex1
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-18371

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Furniture Exports from 1837

c.1970-c.2017

Correspondence and research relating to furniture exports from 1837 with sections on the USA, Denmark and others.

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Trade directories

c.1950-c.2017

Lists of business from trade directories from London for years 1790, 1806, 1813, 1834, 1837, 1838-1840 and 1855, from Derby for 1827, 1828 and 1829 and from the Western Counties for 1840 plus a sectio...

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Practische Zeichnungen von Meubles : im neusten und geläutertsten Geschmacke mit beigefügtem Maasstab : für architekten, tischler, vergolder, bildhauer unde überhaupt für alle sich diesem fache widmenden Künstler; mit besonderer Rücksicht auf leichte ausführbarkeit, auch als vorlegeblatter fur sonntags- und industrie-schulen anwendbar (vol. 2)

Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm; Andrä, Friedrich; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Technical Museum Library, Czech Republic

1830-1844

Second part is dated 1830, 3-5 1831, 6-8 1832, 9-10 1833, 11-12 1834, 13-14 1835, 15-16 1836, 17-19 1837, 20 1838, 21-23 1839, 24-25 1840, 26--27 1841, 28 1842, 29 1843, 30 1844.

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Practische Zeichnungen von Meubles : im neusten und geläutertsten Geschmacke mit beigefügtem Maasstab : für architekten, tischler, vergolder, bildhauer unde überhaupt für alle sich diesem fache widmenden Künstler; mit besonderer Rücksicht auf leichte ausführbarkeit, auch als vorlegeblatter fur sonntags- und industrie-schulen anwendbar (vol. 1)

Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm; Andrä, Friedrich; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Technical Museum Library, Czech Republic

1830-1844

Second part is dated 1830, 3-5 1831, 6-8 1832, 9-10 1833, 11-12 1834, 13-14 1835, 15-16 1836, 17-19 1837, 20 1838, 21-23 1839, 24-25 1840, 26--27 1841, 28 1842, 29 1843, 30 1844.

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The king and the cabinet-maker
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The king and the cabinet-maker

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Butts, William; Shearcroft, Essex

[1831-32]

Printed on one side only. Broadside satirical poem, 20 stanzas each with 4 lines about the issues surrounding the passing of the 1832 [Great] Reform Act. First lines: Our patriot King, when he came to...

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