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Total number of records: 181

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History43
Art and Antique Market1
LGBTQ1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture design181
furniture126
decoration and ornament30
draperies18
interior decoration17
upholstery14
cabinetwork12
chair design12
furniture industry and trade12
architecture11

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PlaceCount
England34
France21
Germany15
Great Britain9
Austria3
United States3
Belgium1
Italy1
Scotland1

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People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)180
Guilmard, DéSiré (1810-1889)15
Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806)9
Furstenberg Princely Court Household [Library], Donaueschingen, Germany8
Godel, Vilhelm (1864-1941)8
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)6
London Society of Cabinet Makers6
Smith, George (1786-1826)6
Gillow & Co5
Brady Bookbinders4

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From 15001
From 16001
From 170039
From 180087
From 190034
From 200016

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Up to 179931
Up to 189989
Up to 199941
Up to latest16

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The upholsterer's pocket collection of fashionable designs

King, T (fl.1820-1850); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

nd [c.1850?]

Printed by George Taylor, 7, Little James Street, Gray's Inn Lane, London.

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Collection für Tischler von List's Möbel-Journal, Wien

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[after 1843]

Bedford Collection G054 copy contains only plates of furniture numbered from 841-912 from the journal, Nr 64 in pencil on front cover, printed mainly by J Haller, Wieden 816 Wien.

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Gothic album for cabinet makers : comprising a collection of designs for Gothic furniture

Baird, Henry Carey (1825-1912); Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1868

"[A]n exact reprint of Album gothique de meubles et sieges published by Désiré Guilmard in Paris"--Victorian Gothic & Renaissance revival furniture / introduction by David Hanks. Philadelphia : At...

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Le carnet de l'ebeniste Parisien : collection de meubles simples

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[approximately 1845]

Bedford Collection A652 is incomplete: wanting plate 46 and has only 101 black and white lithographs, plus title page by Destouches, Paris [Lithographer].

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Le carnet de l'ebeniste Parisien : collection de meubles simples

Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Vandeweegh, H

[1845-1850?]

Bedford Collection A654 is incomplete: wanting plates 92 and 109, also plates 22 ter [101], 22 1 [102], 66 bis [103], 66 ter [104], numbers 102, 103, 104 cut out of later sequence: total of 122 colour...

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A collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration in the most approved and elegant taste / parts I and II

Smith, George (1786-1826); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1805]

Parts I and II of the plain aquatint original issued in parts as advertised by George Smith in 1805. 100 plates dated Dec 1 1804 [part I] and July 1, 1805 [part II]. Bedford copy A085 incomplete, ...

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Six tables (oversize)

Lock, Matthias (1710-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

April ye. 10: 1746

"Price three shills." Engraved throughout. Bedford Collection K090: second plate repaired.

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 2)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 1)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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The upholsterer's and cabinet maker's pocket assistant : being a collection of designs for fashionable upholstery and cabinet work, on one hundred plates, coloured (Vol 2)

Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Taylor, John (fl. 1821-1829)

[1822?,1825?-1828?]

Each vol. has separate title page and 50 plates. Each plate hand coloured. Vol. I Upholstery work -- Vol. II Cabinet work. Bedford Collection copy G028, Vol 1 complete, plate 12 has watermark: J...

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[Collection of 18th century designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation from the library of Anton Possenbacher, court furniture-maker in Munich] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Possenbacher, Anton (1842-1920); Will, Johan Martin (1727-1806); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste (1721-1806); Lalonde, Richard de (1735-1808); Boucher, François (1703-1770); Marlborough Rare Books

[various dates]

161 engraved plates of neoclassical designs for furniture by French designers including Lalonde, Delafosse, and Boucher, and German designers including J T Hauer, published during the mid 18th century...

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A Useful and Modern Work on Chairs, in twelve plates, containing forty-two designs

Wood, Henry; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1835?]

Cover title: A collection of designs for chairs.

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