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You are bidding on a rare antique hardcover book titled
The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director: Being A Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Most Fashionable Taste by Thomas Chippendale with Supplement - A Gallery of Chippendale Furniture and A Sketch of Chippendale's Life and Works.
This is the Third Edition 1938 Folio Reprint of Chippendale's monumental 1762. Blue cloth hardcover binding with gilt lettering on the spine. With 200 plates, engravings of his furniture and decorations with commentary + contemporary biography by Storey + 40 b/w photographs of Chippendale furniture. Less common, great reference work.
Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779) was a London cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs, titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director. The designs are regarded as establishing the fashion for furniture for that period and were used by many other cabinet makers.
The book is bound in blue cloth. It is quite large, measuring approximately 18" high by 12 /2". Covers are securely attached with no cracking or splitting of hinges. Pages are very clean and tightly bound. The ends pages show some bleed-through/darkening. No previous owner bookplates or signatures. The binding shows gentle wear/ mild soil and remains in very good condition!
Great gift idea!
(Inventory: 900 Shelf)