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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of houshold furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste ... and other ornaments 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 ... (1754)

Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779 · London : Printed for the author and sold at his House in St. Martin's Lane ... [and 7 others] · leaf 78

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Furniture -- Early works to 1800 · Furniture -- England -- History -- 18th century · Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style · Decoration and ornament -- Chinese influences · Architecture -- Orders

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