Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration : in the most approved and elegant taste; viz. curtains; draperies; beds; cornices; chairs and sofas for parlours, libraries, drawing rooms, &c.; library fauteuils; seats; ottomans; chaises longue; tables for libraries, writing, work, dressing, &c.; sideboards; celerets; bookcases; screens; candelabri; chiffoniers; commodes; pier tables; wardrobes; pedestals; glasses; mirrors; lamps; jardiniers; &c.: with various designs for rooms, geometrical and in perspective, shewing the decorations, adjustment of the furniture, &c. Also some general obsrvations and a description of each plate. Engraved on 158 plates, from original drawings
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Title
Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration : in the most approved and elegant taste; viz. curtains; draperies; beds; cornices; chairs and sofas for parlours, libraries, drawing rooms, &c.; library fauteuils; seats; ottomans; chaises longue; tables for libraries, writing, work, dressing, &c.; sideboards; celerets; bookcases; screens; candelabri; chiffoniers; commodes; pier tables; wardrobes; pedestals; glasses; mirrors; lamps; jardiniers; &c.: with various designs for rooms, geometrical and in perspective, shewing the decorations, adjustment of the furniture, &c. Also some general obsrvations and a description of each plate. Engraved on 158 plates, from original drawings
Subject
Furniture -- England; Furniture design -- England ; Interior decoration -- England
Furniture, Regency; Draperies; Beds; Cornices; Chairs; Sofas; Tables; Writing tables; Bookcases; Screens; Candelabra; Chests; Mirrors; Lamps
Ottoman footstools; Chaises longues; Dressing tables; Library tables (writing tables); Sideboards (furniture); Commodes (French chests of drawers); Girandole; Jardinières (plant stands); Wardrobes (case furniture)
Description
Exhibited: A Taste for the Antique, organized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, 1994-5. Remainder of imprint: published by J. Taylor, at The Architectural Library, No. 59, High Holburn, 1808 : Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street
Creator
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty (author)
Source
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty. -- A collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration, in the most approved and elegant taste ... engraved on 158 plates, from original drawings. By George Smith. -- London, J. Taylor, 1808. -- xiv, 33 p. 158 col. plates. 34 cm. -- NK2542 S5.8
Publisher
J. Taylor
Date
1808
1808
Contributor
I. and J. Taylor’s Architectural Library (London, England) (publisher)
Relation
Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection
Format
1 online resource (xiv, 33 pages, 158 unnumbered leaves of plates)
Language
eng
Type
Engravings (Prints)
Coverage
London
Files
Collection
Citation
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty (author), “Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration : in the most approved and elegant taste; viz. curtains; draperies; beds; cornices; chairs and sofas for parlours, libraries, drawing rooms, &c.; library fauteuils; seats; ottomans; chaises longue; tables for libraries, writing, work, dressing, &c.; sideboards; celerets; bookcases; screens; candelabri; chiffoniers; commodes; pier tables; wardrobes; pedestals; glasses; mirrors; lamps; jardiniers; &c.: with various designs for rooms, geometrical and in perspective, shewing the decorations, adjustment of the furniture, &c. Also some general obsrvations and a description of each plate. Engraved on 158 plates, from original drawings,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 25, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/53009.
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