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The cabinet dictionary, containing an explanation of all the terms used in the cabinet, chair & upholstery branches; with directions for varnish-making, polishing, and gilding. To which is added a supplementary treatise on geometrical lines, perspective and painting in general. The whole illustrated on eighty-eight handsomely-engraved copper-plates, including a very great variety of the most fashionable pieces of cabinet furniture, and the five orders of architecture in perspective. / By T. Sheraton.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheraton, Thomas, 1751-1806
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Furniture--Dictionaries.
- Furniture.
- Cabinetwork--Dictionaries.
- Cabinetwork.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 440 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by W. Smith, sold by W. Row, 1803.
- Notes:
- "A list of most of the master cabinetmakers, upholsterers, and chair makers, in and about London, for 1803": p. 435-440.
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: Numerous plates incorrectly numbered; plate 78 wanting.
- OCLC:
- 5711954
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