THE
GENTLEMAN and CABINET-MAKER'S

DIRECTOR:

Being a large COLLECTION of the

Moft ELEGANT and USEFUL DESIGNS

OF

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

In the Moft FASHIONABLE TASTE.

Including a great VARIETY of

CHAIRS, SOPAS, BEDS, and COUCHES; CHINA-
TABLES, DRESSING-TABLES, SHAVING-
TABLES, BASON-STANDS, and TEAKETTLE-
STANDS; FRAMES for MARBLE-SLABS, Bu-
RAEU-DRESSING-TABLES, and COMMODES;
WRITING-TABLES, and LIBRARY-TABLES;
LIBRARY-BOOK-CASES, ORGAN-CASES for
private Rooms, or Churches, DESKS, and
BOOK-CASES; DRESSING and WRITING-
TABLES with BOOK-CASES, TOILETS, CA-
BINETS, and CLOATHS-PRESSES;

CASES, CHINA-SHELVES, and BOOK-SHELVES;
CANDLE-STANDS, TERMS for BUSTS, STANDS
for CHINA JARS, and PEDESTALS; CISTERS
for WATER, LANTHORNS, and CHANDELIERs;
FIRE-SCREENS, BRACKETS, and CLOCK; CA-
SES; PIER-GLASSES, and TABLE-FRAMES; GI-
RANDOLES, CHIMNEY-PIECES, and PICTURE-
FRAMES; STOVE-GRATES, BOARDERS, FRITS,
CHINESE-RAILING, and BRASS-WORK, for
Furniture.

AND OTHER
ORNAMENTS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A Short EXPLANATION of the Five ORDERS of ARCHITECTURE;

WITH

Proper DIRECTIONS for executing the moft difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimenfions of each DESIGN specified.

The Whole comprehended in Two HUNDRED COPPER-PLATES, neatly engraved.

Calculated to improve and refine the preſent TASTE, and ſuited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Perfons in all Degrees of Life.

By THOMAS CHIPPENDALE,
CABINET-MAKER and UPHOLSTERER, in St. Martin's Lane, London.

THE THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:
Printed for the AUTHOR, and sold at his Houſe, in St. Martin's Lane;
Alfo by T. BECKET and P. A. DE HONDt, in the Strand,

MDCC LXII.