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SOCIETY OF UPHOLSTERERS, AN 18TH CENTURY BOOK TITLED ‘THE IID. EDITION OF GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD
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Twickenham, Greater London
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SOCIETY OF UPHOLSTERERS, AN 18TH CENTURY BOOK TITLED ‘THE IID. EDITION OF GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE’, PRINTED FOR ROBERT SAYERIn the present taste with an addition of several articles never before Executed, by a Society of Upholsterers, cabinet makers, & C., containing upwards of 350 designs on 120 Plates. Printed for Robt. Sayer, 1765. Containing designs for a variety of domestic furniture, including fire grates and irons, with titles 'Chinese Hall Lantern', 'Commode Clothes Press', 'Toilets', 'Frats for Frizes & C.', Standard Sign Iron', 'French Back Stools', ‘Ornamented Bedposts', 'Staircase Lights', ‘Ladies’ Desk', 'Linen Chests'; 'Gothic Chairs'; 'Obelisks for Lamps & C.’ and 'Girandoles'.N.B. There appears to be several issues of this rare 18th century pattern book which was first published in 1760 with 60 plates. Little appears to be known about the Society, but it is thought to have been a group of the most fashionable furniture makers and designers in London. Robert Manwaring probably contributed most of the chair designs (the first 28 plates were reprinted in his Chair-Makers Guide in 1766). Other designs have been attributed to Thomas Johnson, William Ince and John Mayhew, Thomas Chippendale, Matthias Lock and Matthias Darley
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SOCIETY OF UPHOLSTERERS, AN 18TH CENTURY BOOK TITLED ‘THE IID. EDITION OF GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE’, PRINTED FOR ROBERT SAYERIn the present taste with an addition of several articles never before Executed, by a Society of Upholsterers, cabinet makers, & C., containing upwards of 350 designs on 120 Plates. Printed for Robt. Sayer, 1765. Containing designs for a variety of domestic furniture, including fire grates and irons, with titles 'Chinese Hall Lantern', 'Commode Clothes Press', 'Toilets', 'Frats for Frizes & C.', Standard Sign Iron', 'French Back Stools', ‘Ornamented Bedposts', 'Staircase Lights', ‘Ladies’ Desk', 'Linen Chests'; 'Gothic Chairs'; 'Obelisks for Lamps & C.’ and 'Girandoles'.N.B. There appears to be several issues of this rare 18th century pattern book which was first published in 1760 with 60 plates. Little appears to be known about the Society, but it is thought to have been a group of the most fashionable furniture makers and designers in London. Robert Manwaring probably contributed most of the chair designs (the first 28 plates were reprinted in his Chair-Makers Guide in 1766). Other designs have been attributed to Thomas Johnson, William Ince and John Mayhew, Thomas Chippendale, Matthias Lock and Matthias Darley
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