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Total number of records: 660

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History	62
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive	49
Brotherton Collection	48
Herbert Read Collection	32
Leeds Russian Archive	16
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	8
Art and Antique Market	7
LGBTQ	7
English Literature	3
Liddle Collection	2

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
decoration and ornament	509
furniture	99
decoration and ornament, architectural	89
art	77
decorative arts	68
interior decoration	60
architecture	58
church decoration and ornament	42
arts decoratifs	40
décoration et ornement	40

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	68
England	59
France	38
Italy	12
Europe	11
Germany	8
Austria	4
Ireland	4
Russia	3
Sweden	3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	426
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)	66
Ackermann, Rudolph (1764-1834)	45
Decorative Arts Society 1850--The Present	32
Harrison, L (1807-1842)	26
Shoberl, Frederic (1775-1853)	26
Shoberl, Frederic (1852)	14
Victoria and Albert Museum	13
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)	11
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779	11

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1500	1
From 1600	10
From 1700	66
From 1800	212
From 1900	286
From 2000	23

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1599	1
Up to 1699	7
Up to 1799	56
Up to 1899	215
Up to 1999	295
Up to latest	25

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100 [i.e. Cent] planches principales de l'œuvre complet (oversize)

Bérain, Jean (1640-1711); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1882?]

Bedford Collection K028 is unbound, 100 loose plates.

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[The fantastic original designs and chinoiseries of Jean Pillement]

Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1969]

Selection of ornamental designs from various pattern books by Pillement published in the 18th century. No title page; title from existing record. Previously published: Paris, 1769.

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Art and work : as shown in the several artistic industries employed in the use of marble, stone, and terra-cotta, metal, wood, and textile fabrics : as well as in the various details associated with decorative art : the whole exemplified by 85 lithographic drawings (each with some descriptive explanation, of antique, Mediæval, Italian, Renaissance and Oriental examples) including some illustrations from the best unpublished works of the "Brothers Adam," together with other designs from more recent authorities

Davis, Owen W; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1885

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The leading principles in composition of ornament of every period, from The grammar of ornament

Jones, Owen (1809-1874); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wilkins, John C; Moore, Francis G; Royal Institute of British Architects; Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)

[1878?]

Title page vignette. "Owen Jones Prize, awarded by the Council of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, M.DCC.LXXVIII"--Cover.

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Principles of ornamental art

Hulme, F Edward (1841-1909); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1875]

"A series of papers on ornamental art by the author, which appeared in the... Art journal in 1873, form the foundation of the present volume"--Preface.

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