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Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director by Thomas Chippendale
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Thomas Chippendale (1718–79) was the most famous and most skilled of Englands master cabinet-makers. In 1774, Chippendale issued a catalogue of all his designs, a magnificent compilation of 160 engraved plates representing the prevailing furniture styles, particularly the French (Louis XXV), Gothic, and Chinese-manner pieces for which he was best known.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486216012
ISBN-139780486216010
eBay Product ID (ePID)430397
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicDesign, Antiques & Collectibles, Furniture
AuthorThomas Chippendale
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length12.2 In.
Item Width9.1 In.
Item Weight24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Publication Year1966
FormatTrade Paperback
Book TitleGentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThomas Chippendale (1718-79) was the most famous and most skilled of England's master cabinet-makers. So synonymous with excellence in design and craftsmanship was he that his name has been given to the most splendid period of English furniture design. In 1774, Chippendale issued a catalogue of all his designs, a magnificent compilation of 160 engraved plates representing the prevailing furniture styles, particularly the French (Louis XXV), Gothic, and Chinese-manner pieces for which he was best known. The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, the most important and thorough catalogue of furniture designs that had ever been published in England, was enormously influential, spreading quickly throughout the Continent and the colonies and guiding the style and construction of furniture everywhere. A second edition was formed the following year, and a third in 1762. Today this classic collection is a very rare and highly valued work. This volume is an unaltered and unabridged republication of the 1762 edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. The articles of furniture depicted are extremely varied: chairs, sofas, canopy and dome beds, window cornices, breakfast tables, shaving tables, commodes, chamber organs, cabinets, candle stands, cisterns, chimney pieces, picture frames, frets, and other decorations. The plates contain elegant drawings that show the unique combination of solidity of construction and lightness and grace that was the Chippendale trademark, along with many construction diagrams, elevations, and enlargements of moldings and other details. In addition to the plates, this volume also includes a supplement of photographs of sixteenth-century Chippendale-style pieces, including some executed by Chippendale, complete captions to the photos, and a short biographical sketch of Chippendale by N. I. Bienenstock, editor of Furniture World. The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director is an indispensable guide for antiquarians, furniture dealers, and collectors, and a treasury of ideas for today's designers. Art lovers and other readers will also find it a delightful browsing book., Chippendale (17181779) was the most famous and skilled of England's master cabinet-makers. This catalog reprints the third 1762 edition and represents the pinnacle of English furniture design. 200 plates plus 24 photos.
Edition Number3
Number of Pages256 pages
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- 09 Mar, 2021
Chippendale’s book
This is the classic guide to classic furniture. In addition to text and fine drawings of details and general design, Chippendale’s “. . . Director “ provides the actual proportions that give fine furniture, from the ancients to the present, the stature that defines good taste.Verified purchase: Yes
