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Manuel du tapissier, décorateur, et marchand de meubles : contenant les principes de l'art du tapissier : les instructions nécessaires pour choisir et employer les matières premières, décorer et meubler les appartemens, composer un ameublement complet, conserver les mobiliers, etc., etc. / par M. Garnier-Audiger.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Foreign Imprints 1830 Garnier
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garnier, Athanase, 1767-1837.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Furniture--France.
- Furniture.
- Interior decoration--France.
- Interior decoration.
- Upholstery--France.
- Upholstery.
- Draperies--France.
- Draperies.
- House furnishings--France.
- House furnishings.
- Tapestry--France.
- Tapestry.
- Physical Description:
- [4], 248 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill. ; 14 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : A la Librarie encyclopédique de Roret, 1830.
- Notes:
- Garnier's list of contents in a typical Parisian dining-room of the smartest sort in 1830 includes a stove, chairs with rush-seats or covered in horsehair or basane (woollen cloth), a small carpet or mats or foot-cushions to go under the table for the use especially of women ... a round table of walnut or mahogany with flaps or leaves and a cloth to go over it when it was closed up and not in use. Cf. Thornton. Authentic decor, p. 220-223.
- 1 folded engraved plate with 4 figures, signed as: Guiguet sculp.
- Binding: In full leather, spine with gilt rules and title.
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