Identity area
Reference code
ABC/148
Title
Gentleman and cabinet makers directory. 3rd ed.
Date(s)
- [c1800] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(1718-1779)
Biographical history
Cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles.
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5315
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Scope and content
An in-depth pictorial collection and analysis of the most useful and elegant household furniture. Each plate is accompanied by a short description, some drawings include plans, scale bars and dimensions. Plates included are: chairs, sofas, beds, couches, china-tables, dressing-tables, shaving-tables, bason-stands, teakettle-stands, frames for marble slabs, bureau-dressing-tables, commodes, writing-tables, library-tables, library book cases, organ cases for private rooms, toilet cabinets, china-cases, china-shelves, candle stands, terms for busts, stands for china jars, cisterns for water, lanthorns and chandeliers, fire-screens, brackets, clock cases, pier-glasses, chimney pieces, picture frames, stove grates, chinese railing and brass works.
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Language of material
- Dutch
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
general good condition