Lot 1213
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FURNITURE MAKING -- CHIPPENDALE, Th. The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a large Collection of the most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste. 2n ed. London, J. Haberkorn, 1755. x, 27 pp. W. engr. dedicatory leaf and 161 full-p. engr. plates (incl. plate 25a), engr. after the author by M. Darly and I.S. & T. Müller. Lge-fol. Later hcf. w. marbled paper sides. (Bind. worn, several prelim. lvs. loose (plates 73-87 also loose), the loose plates frayed/chipped along borders, some (damp) staining in places, age-toned, traces of use).
Second and unchanged edition of one of the most important works on furniture designs in England to that point which created a mass market for furniture. With small blind stamps in places, indicating that this book once belonged to the Groningen furniture factory of J.A. Huizinga. - O'Neal 26. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.€ 600
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