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furniture design11
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decoration and ornament4
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cabinetwork1
chair design1
decoration and ornament, rococo1
furniture designers1
interior decoration1
mirrors1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)11
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)5
Brady Bookbinders4
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-17794
Gillow & Co4
Gillow & Co.4
Stuart, Susan E (1943-)4
Grisbrook, William1
Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778)1
King, Thomas (1829-1839)1

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Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style : consisting of hall, glass & picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture and various ornaments for carvers, Modellers, &c

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Weale, John (1791-1862); Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[183-?]

Two title plates and 31 other plates. Bedford Collection copy E150 has 9 numbered plates in sequence, of which 1 is title plate A book of ornaments by Matthias Lock, 12 numbered non-sequentially, and ...

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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. ...

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The gentleman & cabinet-maker's director : reprint of the third edition with a biographical sketch and photographic supplement of Chippendale-type furniture

Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1966

"Unabridged and unaltered republication of the third ed. published by the author in London in 1762"--Title page verso. Facsimile reprint. With title: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : bei...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.i)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.ii)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.230106025877266)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840 : cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history (v.1)

Stuart, Susan E (1943-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Gillow & Co.; Brady Bookbinders

[2008]

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B041: Number 1/182 limited edition subscribers copy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vol. 1: Preface -- Introduction -- Gillow Fu...

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Book of designs for cabinet furniture

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Messrs. Farley & Co.

[1876]

Trade catalogue with accompanying booklet: Key to design book published by Messrs. Farley & Co., 59 City Road, London, E. C. 1876.

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Pattern book of furniture designs
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Pattern book of furniture designs

King, Thomas (1829-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Grisbrook, William

[c.1839?]

Bedford Collection copy A109 is wanting title page and 6 plates [possibly lithographs]: missing numbers 136-139, 160-163, 184-187, 236-237, 276-277, 338. Plate numbers 278, 279, 313 and 314 almost ma...

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