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1. Old English and French ornament: for the interior embellishment of houses, for carvers and decorators; with designs for doors, windows, fire-places and chimney glasses, ornamental furniture, &c., &c. By Chippendale, Johnson, Inigo Jones, Lock, and others. 220 designs in 100 engravings.

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Creator:
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 100 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Gothic furniture; consisting of twenty-seven coloured engravings, from designs by A. Pugin. With descriptive letter-press.

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Creator:
Pugin, Augustus, 1762–1832
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
iv, 26 p., 1 leaf. 27 col. plates (incl. added t.-p., engr.) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Designs for household furniture, in the English and French taste, comprising every description of window curtains, beds, chairs, tables, and ornamental furniture, for the mansion or cottage, consisting of fifty plates, drawn on stone, by George Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty
Physical Description:
37 plates. 25 x 34 cm. (in case, 36 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Catalogue of a choice collection of old Sèvres porcelain, the property of a gentleman : also, a magnificent secretaire, inlaid with plaques of Old Sèvres, formerly belonging to Marie Antoinette, the property of a nobleman : a fine old Chelsea Derby dessert service : beautiful picque-work : old Dresden groups, &c. &c. : which will be sol dby auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, May 4, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
1871
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The rudiments of drawing cabinet and upholstery furniture: comprehending concise and explicit instructions for designing and delineating the different articles of those branches perspectively and geometrically ... Illustrated by appropriate diagrams ... By Richard Brown ...

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Creator:
Brown, Richard, architect
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
vi p., 1 ., [vii]-xii, 52 p. 25 plates (part col.) 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Designs of ornaments for cabinet furniture, with prices ...

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Creator:
London Cabinet Makers
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
4 p. plates. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Gothic furniture; consisting of twenty-seven coloured engravings, from designs by A. Pugin. With descriptive letter-press.

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Creator:
Pugin, Augustus, 1762–1832
Date:
[ca. 1836]
Physical Description:
iv, 26 p., 1 leaf. 27 plates (part col.; incl. added t.-p., engr.) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Catalogue of the fine old French furniture and decorative objects, the property of the Viscountess Dungannon, removed from No. 3, Grafton Street : comprising fine commodes, pier tables, cabinets, library tables, escritoires .... old French candelabra and clocks, candlesticks, bronzes ... dresden, ... and oriental porcelain ... limoges .... numerous other decorative objects, and a small quantity of Old Silver plate : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 10, 1871, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Gothic furniture in the style of the 15th cent'y / designed & etched by A.W.N. Pugin.

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Creator:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[25] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Examples of ancient & modern furniture, metal work, tapestries, decorations by B. J. Talbert, archt.

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Creator:
Talbert, Bruce J. (Bruce James), d. 1881
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 6, [6] p. plates. 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Specimens of ancient furniture drawn from existing authorities / by Henry Shaw ... ; with descriptions by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick ...

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Creator:
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848
Date:
1866
Physical Description:
[8], 57 p., [73] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Catalogue of the celebrated collection of works of art, from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize, of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal ... : also, of the beautiful decorative furniture and service plate : which ... will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the mansion, No. 93, Eaton Square, commencing on Monday, March the 5th, 1855, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
357 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Household furniture and interior decoration / executed from designs by Thomas Hope.

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Creator:
Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 53, [1] pages, [1], LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The modern style of cabinet work exemplified, in new designs, practically arranged, on 72 plates, containing 227 designs, (including fragmental parts.)

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Creator:
King, Thomas, furniture pattern designer
Date:
[183-]
Physical Description:
3 p.., 4 p. 72 plates (part col.) 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Illustrations of furniture, candelabra, musical instruments from the great exhibitions of London & Paris, with examples of similar articles from royal palaces and noble mansions, by J. Braund.

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Creator:
Braund, John
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
1 p.., 3, [1] p. 48 plates. 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The complete cabinet maker, and upholsterer's guide : comprising, the rudiments and principles of cabinet-making and upholstery, with familiar instructions ... : for attaining a proficiency in the art of drawing, the processes ... directions ... and a number of receipts ... / by J. Stokes.

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Creator:
Stokes, J
Date:
[1829?]
Physical Description:
133, [11] p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Pugin's Gothic furniture.

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Creator:
Pugin, Augustus, 1762–1832
Date:
[183-]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 26 plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The universal system of houshold furniture : consisting of above 300 designs on the most elegant taste, both useful & ornamental : finely engraved, in which the nature of ornament & perspective, is accurately exemplified : the whole made convenient to the nobility and gentry, in their choice, & comprehensive to the workman, by directions for executing the several designs, with specimens of ornament for young practitioners in drawing / by Ince & Mayhew cabinet-makers & upholders, in Bond Street, Golden Square, London ...

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Creator:
Ince, William, active 18th century
Date:
[1762?]
Physical Description:
iii-iv, 11, [1] pages, [98] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts