The Furniture Designs Of George Hepplewhite..
Bound in original blue cloth, gilt. Bevelled edges. Minor wear to extremities but otherwise a very good copy. Inscription on first free endpaper.
£45.00
Publisher
Gibbings and Company, Limited, 18 Bury Street, W.C.,
Place
London
Date
1910
Synopsis
Arranged by j. munro bell. with an introduction and critical estimate by arthur hayden.
Item Description
Large 4to. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. xix +[i] + 59 plates. Title page in red and black. Facsimile title page of A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, Third Edition (London, 1794).
Illustrations
Illustrated by 59 pages of plates. Decorated by vignette of coat of arms on title page and by initials.
Notes
Reproductions of the plates from the 1794 furniture design book of the Company in the name of his widow, Alice, who continued to sell the designs of George Hepplewhite (c..1727-86), possibly further developed by his sons. With an introduction by Arthur Hayden (1868-1946).
[Stock No. 23892]
Subjects
18th Century • Crafts • Decorative Arts • Design • Facsimiles • Furniture • Illustrated