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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779 | 18 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 17 |
| Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779) | 9 |
| Gilbert, Christopher | 3 |
| Bell, J Munro | 2 |
| Chippendale Society | 2 |
| Hayden, Arthur (1868-1946) | 2 |
| Blake, John Percy (1874-) | 1 |
| Chippendale, Thomas Junior [Or the Younger] (1749-1823) | 1 |
| Chippendale, Thomas, 1749-1823 | 1 |
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste: including a great variety of book-cases for libraries or private rooms. Commodes, library and writing-tables, buroes, breakfast-tables, dressing and china-tables, china-cases, hanging-shelves, tea-chests, trays, fire-screens, chairs, settees, sopha's, beds, presses and cloaths-chests, pier-glass sconces, slab frames, brackets, candle-stands, clock-cases, frets, and other ornaments. To which is prefixed. A short explanation of the five orders of architecture, and rules of perspective; with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified: the whole comprehended in one hundred and sixty copper-plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present taste, and suited to the fancy and circumstances of persons in all degrees of life. By Thomas Chippendale, of St. Martin's-lane, cabinet-maker (oversize)
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1754]
Titlepage in red and black. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. The third leaf is an engraved dedication.
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great variety of chairs, sofas, beds, and couches; china-tables, dressing-tables, shaving-tables, bason-stands, and teakettle-stands; frames for marble-slabs, bureau-dressing-tables, and commodes; writing-tables, and library-tables; library-book-cases, organ-cases for private rooms, or churches, desks, and book-cases; dressing and writing-tables with book-cases, toilets, cabinets, and cloaths-presses; china-cases, china-shelves, and book-shelves; candle-stands, terms for busts, stands for china jars, and pedestals; cisterns for water, lanthorns, and chandeliers; fire-screens, brackets, and clock-cases; pier-glasses, and table-frames; girandoles, chimney-pieces, and picture-frames; stove-grates, boarders, frets, chinese-railing, and brass-work, for furniture. And other ornaments. To which is prefixed, A short explanation of the five orders of architecture; with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified. The whole comprehended in two hunderd [sic] copper-plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present taste, and suited to the fancy and circumstances of persons in all degrees of life. By Thomas Chippendale, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London (oversize)
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
MDCCLXII. [1762]
In this issue, the words "chairs, sofas,... for furniture." are laid out in a regular paragraph form. Another issue (ESTC T102007) has this passage laid out in two columns separated by a double rule. ...
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste: including a great variety of book-cases for libraries or private rooms. Commodes, library and writing-tables, buroes, breakfast-tables, dressing and china-tables, china-cases, hanging-shelves, tea-chests, trays, fire-screens, chairs, settees, sopha's, beds, presses and cloaths-chests, pier-glass sconces, slab frames, brackets, candle-stands, clock-cases, frets, and other ornaments. To which is prefixed. A short explanation of the five orders of architecture, and rules of perspective; with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified: the whole comprehended in one hundred and sixty copper-plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present taste, and suited to the fancy and circumstances of persons in all degrees of life. By Thomas Chippendale, of St. Martin's-lane, cabinet-maker (oversize)
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[1754]
Titlepage in red and black. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. The third leaf is an engraved dedication.
The Master of Chippendale exhibition
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Reindeer Antiques Ltd.
2000
Catalogued from cover.
The furniture designs of Thomas Chippendale
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bell, J Munro; Hayden, Arthur (1868-1946); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1910
Contains reproduction of title page of 1754 edition: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, ...
Thomas Chippendale : an exhibition to mark the bicentenary of Thomas Chippendale's death in November 1779 : Leeds Art Galleries at Temple Newsam House, 24 October to 25 November 1979
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Gilbert, Christopher; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Leeds City Art Galleries; Temple Newsam House
[1979]
Catalogue compiled by Christopher Gilbert.
Chippendale and his school
Blake, John Percy (1874-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1912
Plates printed on both sides. Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv), and index.
Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779 : a celebration of British craftsmanship and design
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Leeds City Museum; Chippendale Society
2018
"This booklet accompanies the exhibition held at Leeds City Museum, 9 February - 9 June 2018" -- title-page verso.
The Chippendale Society : catalogue of the collections
Gilbert, Christopher; Firth, Andrew; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chippendale Society
[2000]
"The catalogue entries have been compiled from drafts prepared by the late Christopher Gilbert... and the Introduction has been adapted from his article in the BADA Handbook 1988"--Editor's note, page...
The furniture of Thomas Chippendale
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Partridge, Lewis & Simmons (Firm)
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Each plate accompanied by descriptive letter press on verso of preceding leaf.
Chippendale furniture : the work of Thomas Chippendale and his contemporaries in the rococo taste, Vile, Cobb, Langlois, Channon, Hallett, Ince and Mayhew, Lock, Johnson, and others, circa 1745-1765
Coleridge, Anthony; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1973
"First published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1968. This edition published by The Collectors' Book Club, 1973"--Title page verso.