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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2

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vases19
decoration and ornament8
architecture6
furniture4
carpets2
furniture design2
interior decoration2
meubles2
tapestry2
tapisserie2

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)16
Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682)3
A. Hepplewhite and Co2
Birch, Samuel2
Birch, Samuel (1813-1885)2
British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities2
Newton, Charles Thomas2
Newton, Charles Thomas (1816-1894)2
Baber, Henry Hervey1
Baber, Henry Hervey (1775-1869)1

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A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum (v.1)

Birch, Samuel (1813-1885); Newton, Charles Thomas (1816-1894); British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

1851-1870

Prepared by S. Birch and C. T. Newton. Vol. 2 printed by Woodfall and Kinder.

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A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum (v.2)

Birch, Samuel (1813-1885); Newton, Charles Thomas (1816-1894); British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

1851-1870

Prepared by S. Birch and C. T. Newton. Vol. 2 printed by Woodfall and Kinder.

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Catalogue of carpets... tapestries ... clocks ... works of art ... continental furniture ... which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries : Day of sale Friday, 21st June, 1974

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1974

Cover title: Catalogue of fine French and continental furniture, tapestries, clocks, works of art and carpets. Includes index. Estimates tipped in. Place of sale: London.

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The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide; or, repository of designs for every article of household furniture, in the newest and most approved taste: displaying a great variety of patterns for Chairs Stools Sofas Confidante Duchesse Side Boards Pedestals and Vases Cellerets Knife-Cases Desk and Book-Cases Secretary and Book-Cases Library Cases Library Tables Reading Desks Chests of Drawers Urn Stands Tea Caddies Tea Trays Card Tables Pier Tables Pembroke Tables Tambour Tables Dressing Glasses Dressing Tables and Drawers Commodes Rudd's Table Bidets Night Tables Bason Stands Wardrobes Pot Cupboards Brackets Hanging Shelves Fire Screens Beds Field Beds Sweep Tops for Ditto Bed Pillars Candle Stands Lamps Pier Glasses Terms for Busts Cornices for Library Cases, Wardrobes, &c. at large Ornamented Tops for Pier Tables, Pembroke Tables, Commodes, &c. &c. In the plainest and most enriched styles; with a scale to each, and an explanation in letter press. Also the plan of a room, shewing the proper distribution of the furniture. The whole exhibiting near three hundred different designs, engraved on one hundred and twenty-seven plates. From drawings by A. Heppelwhite and Co. Cabinet-Makers

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); A. Hepplewhite and Co

M DCC LXXXIX. [1789]

With four pages of advertisements bound at beginning. With index. Bedford Collection copy A610 has 2 pages of advertisements bound at the end: A catalogue of modern books on architecture, &c., I a...

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A collection of antique vases, altars, pateræ, tripods, candelabra sarcophagi, &c : from various museums and collections : engraved on 170 plates

Moses, Henry (1782-1870); Baber, Henry Hervey (1775-1869)

[pref. 1814]

"170 plates" of t.-p. comprises 151 plates, 18 ills. and engraved t.-p. Date of publication on plates: 1811. Engraved ills. numbered I-XVIII. Engraved t.-p. with ornamental border. Two plates ...

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The cabinet-Maker and upholsterer's guide; or, repository of designs for every article of household furniture, in the newest and most approved taste: displaying a great variety of patterns for Chairs Stools Sofas Confidante Duchesse Side Boards Pedestals and Vases Cellerets Knife-Cases Desk and Book-Cases Secretary and Book-Cases Library Cases Library Tables Reading Desks Chests of Drawers Urn Stands Tea Caddies Tea Trays Card Tables Pier Tables Pembroke Tables Tambour Tables Dressing Glasses Dressing Tables and Drawers Commodes Rudd's Table Bidets Night Tables Bason Stands Wardrobes Pot Cupboards Brackets Hanging Shelves Fire Screens Beds Field Beds Sweep Tops for Ditto Bed Pillars Candle Stands Lamps Pier Glasses Terms for Busts Cornices for Library Cases, Wardrobes, &c. at large Ornamented Tops for Pier Tables, Pembroke Tables, Commodes, &c. &c. In the plainest and most enriched styles; with a scale to each, and an explanation in letter press. Also the plan of a room, shewing the proper distribution of the furniture. The whole exhibiting near three hundred different designs, engraved on one hundred and twenty-eight plates: from drawings by A. Hepplewhite and Co. Cabinet-Makers

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); A. Hepplewhite and Co

MDCCXCIV. [1794]

128 plates: 125 numbered plates, plus three plates are numbered 9*, 40*, and 78*. Braces in imprint. Bedford Collection copy A611 has 4 numbered pages of advertisements bound at the end: A catalog...

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A collection of ornamental designs, after the manner of the antique : compos'd for the use of architects, ornamental painters, statuaries, carvers, casters in metal, paper makers, carpet, silk, and printed calico manufacturers, and every trade dependent on the fine arts

Smith, George (1785-1828); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1812-1813]

The title is taken from the title-plate. Originally issued in parts during 1812 and 1813. The imprint of Samuel Gosnell appears at the foot of the final page. Plates 1-20 published by R Mercer, No. ...

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Vasemania : neoclassical form and ornament in Europe : selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

McCormick, Heather Jane; Ottomeyer, Hans; Walker, Stephanie; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture

[2004]

Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, 22 July-17 October 2004. Illustrations on en...

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A new book of vases

Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); Laws, T; Darling, William (1760-1790); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hay, Edith

[1773]

Engraved throughout. The title is taken from plate [1]. Plates [2-3] are signed by T. Laws: Delint [and] Wm: Darling Sculpt. See also Bedford Collection copy A129 with 6 plates. This has only three ...

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New designs of vases and tripods decorated in the antique taste

Richardson, George (1736?-1817?); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1793

Engraved title page. Engraved throughout.

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Œuvres d'architecture de Jean Le Pautre, architecte, dessinateur & graveur du Roi (Vol 2)

Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1751

Each volume has added engraved title page. Includes 4 pl. by G.M. Oppenort and 6 pl. by Pierre Le Pautre. cf. Guilmard, Les Maitres ornemanistes, p. 75. Each volume comprises letterpress title pag...

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