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Unusual re-issue of the engraved and hand-coloured furniture plates originally published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts from 1809 to 1822.Complete with all 76 plates, several signed by George Smith, later Upholsterer and Furniture Draughtsman to Queen Victoria. Many delightful illustrations of Regency furniture and interiors including curtains, draperies, beds, chairs, sofas, ottomans, bookshelves, cabinets, sideboards, ladies' work tables for sewing and embroidery, upright pianos, wheelchairs, transforming furniture, in both classical and Gothic styles.A treasure trove of luxurious furniture manufactured for the aristocracy, drawn by various artists from actual pieces - some of which occasionally turn up for auction. Includes the cradle of Napoleon II, Pitt's cabinet globe writing table, Benjamin Crosby's revolving moveable bookcase, a "metamorphic" writing and backgammon table, George Wilkinson and Robert Wornum's upright patent piano-forte, William Pocock's reclining chair, stylish chairs by…
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The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository: Containing Seventy-Six Plates
by [Rudolph Ackermann] Publisher
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