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The gentleman and cabinetmaker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste ... to which is prefixed a short explanation of the five orders of architecture and rules of perspective ... / by Thomas Chippendale.

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-152023

Description

x, 27 p., [160] leaves of plates : ill. ; 48 x 31 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Furniture
Decoration and ornament Chippendale style.
Furniture, Gothic.
Decoration and ornament Chinese influences.
Architecture Orders.

Originator

Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.

Publication

London : T. Chippendale

Description

x, 27 p., [160] leaves of plates : ill. ; 48 x 31 cm.

Call Number

Rare Browne Ovr. NK2260.F87 1754 c.2

Places

England.

Edition

[1st ed.]

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