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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779) | 11 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 10 |
| Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779 | 6 |
| Lock, Matthias (1710-1765) | 3 |
| Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778) | 2 |
| Symonds, R W (1889-1958) | 2 |
| Weale, John (1791-1862) | 2 |
| Clowes, Butler (1782) | 1 |
| Darly, Matthias (1720-1778) | 1 |
| Glazier, P | 1 |
A collection of ornamental designs : applicable to furniture, frames & the decoration of rooms, in the style of Louis 14th : on 24 plates
Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Walker, Anthony (1726-1765); Taylor, M[artin]?; June, John (fl. 1740-1770); Glazier, P; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lees-Milne, James (1908-1997); Sainsbury, Montague Ely (1905-1998?)
[1838?]
Several plates signed by Lock; attribution from Winterthur catalog, v. 8, p. 228. Spine title: Chippendale's ornaments & designs &c.
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
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)
2005
"... anniversary reprint... to mark the 250th anniversary of the book's original publication in 1754 ..."--T.p. verso.
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.
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 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.
Old English and French ornaments : comprising 244 designs, on 105 plates, of elaborate examples of hall glasses, picture frames, chimney pieces, stands for china, clock and watch cases, girandoles, brackets, grates, lanterns, ornamental furniture, ornaments for brass workers and silver workers, rich ornamental ironwork patterns, and for carvers, modellers, &c. &c. &c
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Johnson, Thos (1714?-1778); Pether, Thomas; Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Weale, John (1791-1862); Kirk, Jas; Darly, Matthias (1720-1778); Swan, Abraham; Clowes, Butler (1782); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1858-1859
A compilation of parts of works, including Chippendale's ornaments and interior decorations in the old French style; A book of ornaments, suitable for beginners, by Thos. Pether, carver; A book of orn...
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 ...
The Ornamental designs of Chippendale from the Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762
Symonds, R W (1889-1958); Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1968
"Includes a selection of eighty plates reprinted from: Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman's Director."
The Ornamental designs of Chippendale from the Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762 (c.2)
Symonds, R W (1889-1958); Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1968
"Includes a selection of eighty plates reprinted from: Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman's Director."
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...