TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chippendale,Thomas
TI  - The gentleman & cabinet-maker's director
T2  - Dover books on woodworking and carving
SN  - 0486216012
PY  - 1966///
CY  - New York
PB  - Dover Publications, Inc.
KW  - Chippendale, Thomas,
KW  - Furniture
KW  - England
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Furniture design
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Decoration and ornament
KW  - Chippendale style
KW  - Drawings
KW  - Cabinetwork
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Orders
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "Reprint of the third edition with a biographical sketch and photographic supplement of Chippendale-type furniture."; "Unabridged and unaltered republication of the third ed. published by the author in London in 1762"--Title page verso; Facsimile reprint. With title: The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste ... to which is prefixed, a short explanation of the five orders of architecture; with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces ... / by Thomas Chippendale
N2  - Unabridged republication of the third edition (1762) of Thomas Chippendale's catalogue of furniture designs, representing prevailing furniture styles, particularly French (Louis XV), Gothic, and Chinese-manner pieces. Plates contain drawings with construction diagrams, elevations, and enlargements of moldings and other details. This reprint includes a biographical sketch of Thomas Chippendale by N.I. Bienenstock, and a supplement of photographs of eighteenth-century Chippendale-style pieces and pieces executed by Chippendale
ER  -