Books by Thomas Chippendale
Total count: 20
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's directorbeing a large collection of ... 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 ...Printed for the author, and sold at his house ... also by T. Osborne ..., H. Piers ..., R. Sayer ..., J. Swan ... [and by 2 others in 2 other places]1754-01-01
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's directorbeing a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste : including a great variety of chairs, cofas, beds, and couches : china-tables, dressing-tables, shaving-tables, bason-stands, and teakettle-stands : frames for marble-slabs, bureau-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, cabinets, and cloaths-presses : china-cases, china-shelves, and book-shelves : candle-stands, terms for busts, stands for china jars, and pedestals : cisterns for water, lanthorns, and chandeliers : fire-screens, brackets, and clock-cases : pier-glasses, and table-frames : girandoles, chimney-pieces, and picture-frames : stove-grates, boarders, frets, 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 most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified : the whole comprehended in two hundred copper-plates, neatly engraved ...The third edition.Also by T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, in the Strand1762-01-01