The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director
Subtitle: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese, and modern taste ... : to which is prefixed a short explanation of the five orders of architecture and rules of perspective, with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large and the dimensions of each design specified : the whole comprehended in one hundred and sixty copper-plates, neatly engraved ...
By: by Thomas Chippendale ...
Edition: The second edition.
Publisher: Printed by J. Haberkorn ... for the author, and sold at his house in St. Martin's-Lane, also by T. Osborne [and 5 others]
Published: 1755
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.; Furniture -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Signatures: pi1, engr. dedication, a-b² A-G².