L'art du menuisier en meubles et de l'ebeniste : contenant des notions sur les bois indigènes et exotiques, la description des meubles de toute espèce, la teinture des bois, le placage, la composition et l'application des vernis, la marqueterie, etc. orné de dessins levés au garde-meuble de la couronne et dans les ateliers des meilleurs artistes de la capitale / par F.-N. Mellet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellet, F. N.

Contributor:

Foreign Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Cabinetwork.

Furniture--France--History--19th century.

Furniture.

Physical Description:

xxxij, 414 pages, 15 double leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Librairie de Fortic, 1825.

Summary:

"In the chapter on seating furniture there are sections on ployons, tabourets, banquettes, chaises, fauteuils, bergères, fauteuils de bureau, canapés, sophas, etc. ... illustrate the cabinetmaker's workbench, clamps for glueing, frames for all sorts of chairs, sofas, elegant empire style cradles and beds, sleigh beds, writing desks, adjustable tables, an expandable dining table, bureaus and chests of drawers, writing desks, glass fronted bookcases, tools of the cabinet maker's trade, an elegant empire four poster bed, and many other designs"--Charles Wood catalogue 166.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy includes bookplate: From a fund established in memory of Henry Paul Busch 1873-1942.

OCLC:

39495535