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Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779) / The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste.
(1754)

Plate descriptions,   pp. 7-27 ff.


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PLATE 
CIV. 
A  Cloaths Press, with a Commode pedestal part, and different 
ornaments for 
the corners and feet, and different doors for the top part.  
Within the doors 
sliding shelves are intended.  The line A is the plan of the 
bottom part, and the 
line B is the plan of the upper part with a proper scale; the 
mouldings are at large 
on the right hand. 
PLATE 
cv. 
A Neat China Case, with glass-doors.  The feet are cut through; 
the fretwork 
is glued upon the rail, and divided into three drawers at length; the 
sizes are all fixed to the design, and mouldings at large on 
the right hand.  The 
ends of the piece of work are intended to be the same as the 
end doors.  This de- 
sign is so intelligible that it is needless to say any more 
by way of explanation. 
PLATES CVI. and CVII. 
PLATE CVI. is a China Case with glass doors, and fretwork glued 
upon the 
pannels of the bottom doors.  The fretwork upon the top part 
above the 
cornice is cut through.  I have executed this design, and it 
looks much better than 
in the drawing.  The sizes are all fixed to the work. 
   Plate CVII. is the mouldings and fretwork for the above design. 
PLATE 
CVIII. 
Is a China Case with glass in the doors and ends.  You 
have two different feet, 
which, with the rail, are all cut through.  This design 
I have executed with 
great satisfaction to the purchaser.  The mouldings and dimensions 
are all fixed to 
the drawings.  This canopy projects more at the ends 
than in front, therefore the 
workman must have recourse to Plate LIX. Fig 1. for the proper directions
to exe- 
cute it. 
PLATE CIX. 
Is a very neat China Case upon a frame, with glass doors in 
the front and ends; 
the profile is on the right hand; betwixt the middle 
feet is a stretcher, with a 
little canopy, which will hold a small figure.  This design 
must be executed by the 
hands of an ingenious workman, and when neatly japann'd will
 appear very 
beautiful. 
F      PLATE

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