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.
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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.
London: Thomas Chippendale, 1754
x, 27 p. : 160 plates ; 47 x 31 cm
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.ChippGentCab
Contents
To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl of Northumberland
The preface, pp. iii-vi
The names of the subscribers, pp. vii-x
General proportions, pp. 1-3
Bases for the columns, pp. 3-4
Rules for drawing, pp. 4-7
Plate descriptions, pp. 7-27 ff.
Diagrams, pp. I-No. XI
Chairs, pp. XII-No. XXV
Chinese sophas, pp. No. XXV-No. XXVI
Beds, pp. No. XXVII-No. XXXII
Tables, pp. No. XXXIII-No. LIX
Bookcases, pp. No. LX-No. LXXXIV
Chests of drawers, pp. No. 85-No. LXXXVIII
Chests and bookcases, pp. No. LXXXIX-No. XC
Cabinets, pp. XCI-No. XCV
Cloths chests, pp. No. XCVI-No. CI
Cloths press, pp. No. CII-No. CIV
China case, p. No. CV
Cases, pp. No. 106-No. CVIII
Cases, pp. No. CIX-No. CX
China cases, p. No. CIX
Shelves (hanging and Chinese), pp. No. 112-No. CXIX
Candle stands, pp. No. CXX-No. CXXIII
Fire screens, pp. No. CXXIV-No. CXXVII
Tea chests, pp. No. CXXVIII-No. CXXIX
China trays, p. No. CXXX
Brackets for busts and marble slabs, pp. No. CXXXI-No. CXXXIV
Clock cases, pp. No. CXXXV-No. CXXXVI
Table clock cases, p. No. CXXXVII
Table clock cases, p. No. CXXXVIII
Cornices for beds or windows, p. No. CXXXIX
Gerandoles, p. No. CXL
Frames, pp. No. CXLI-No. CXLVIII
Shields for pediments, p. No. CXLIX
Frets, pp. No. CL-No. CLVI
Chinese railing, pp. No. CLVII-No. CLX
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