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Thomas Chippendale: The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director (London: 1754) Sp Coll S.M. 2008
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A Cabinet Plate 94 T. Chippendale invt. et del.; M. Darly sculpt. (Published according to Act of Parliament) Is a Gothic cabinet without doors; the fretwork at the bottom of the cabinet is intended for a drawer; the upper forms a sort of Gothic arches, supported by whole terms in the middle, and half-ones at the ends, and drawers betwixt. The shaded parts BBB are intended to be open, and fretwork on the edge of the shelves; the upper fretwork is cut through; the mouldings are at large on the right hand, and a scale to take off the particulars (pp. 19-20). |