Barrow (John). Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, the Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested, 2 vols., 2nd ed., corrected and improved, 1758,. eng. frontis. to vol. 1, fifty four folding eng. plts., contemp. calf, some wear, old manuscript label on upper cover of vol. 1, 'The Whole Body of Arts Very Scarce', 8vo Contains information on the arts of limning, Japanning, Gilding, Engraving, Etching and Mezzotinto, Refining, Compounding, Transmutation and Tinging all sorts of Metals and Minerals, Staining all sorts of Glass and Marble, Dyeing all sorts of Materials, Linen, Woollen, Silk, the Art of Tapestry Weaving, a description of Colours, Natural and Artificial, the Whole Art of Pyrotechny, and the Chinese method of making Porcelain, etc. (2)
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A 19th century walnut framed triple chair back settee In the William and Mary taste the back with projecting wings and scrollover arms above an undulating serpentine seat rail on four short melon-turned and gadrooned legs united by serpentine cross stretchers with central boss finials on braganza feet the whole traditionally upholstered with Jacobean-style floral tapestry with taselled fringes 203cm wide 133cm high 70cm
A Flemish verdure tapestry, depicting a Dutch landscape with figures collecting the harvest in a wheelbarrow, with two parrots perched in trees to either side, with a later banded border, relined, restorations, 233cm high x 274cm wide, early 18th century (re-backed, restored). Provenance: Complete with bill of receipt, from W.J. Gloyn Ltd. of 125 Mount Street, London W1, on 24th October 1950, purchased for the sum of £100
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