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The cabinet-maker & upholsterer's guide / George Hepplewhite.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection TT196 .H4 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- A. Hepplewhite and Co.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Furniture.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 24 pages : 123 illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- The third edition of 1794.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, [1969]
- Summary:
- Hepplewhite's magnificent folio of engraved plates, issued in 1788, was enormously influential, guiding the style and construction of furniture everywhere. The present volume is an unabridged republication of the enlarged third edition of the Guide -- a classic and highly valued work. Depicted are chairs, stools, sofas, sideboards, beds, pedestals, desks, bookcases, tables, chests of drawers, wardrobes, fire screens, many other items. 128 plates.
- Notes:
- "An unabridged and unaltered republication of the third (1794) edition ... A new introduction has been written ... by Joseph Aronson."
- "From drawings by A. Hepplewhite and Co., cabinet-makers."
- Bibliography: page [ix]
- ISBN:
- 0486221830
- OCLC:
- 47945
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