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Designs for architectural features and furniture items ranging from a doric column to an ornate mantelpiece are featured in this facsimile of the English cabinetmaker's 1762 catalogue.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The ball and claw foot is perhaps the one thing most commonly associated with Chippendale, but it is omitted entirely since it had gone out of fashion by the time he wrote the book. Instead, he includes Rococo, Chinese, and Gothic designs. The Rococo designs are extremely heavily ornamented, and fashioned in the most outlandish curved shapes: if you ever thought Pablo Picasso and "modern art" was too far out, take a look at these! The ribbon back chairs struck me as a particularly interesting design. The Chinese designs are far more subdued, and most have a bit of a swastika motif built into them. The editor for the modern version has added an appendix with several photographs of original Chippendale era furniture (not necessarily built by Chippendale himself), including several chosen to show that it really was possible to build the more elaborate designs. This is perhaps the single most historically significant book on furniture design ever written, and no furniture library would be complete without it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This edition is an inexpensive reprint of the original production but retains sufficient information to still offer an excellent resource for craftsmen, restorers and cabinet-makers alike.
The original drawings are reproduced with enough detail to inform anyone working on period furniture how and why it was 'done the way it was done'.
You could spend a lot more on a limited edition version or even invest in an original antiquarian copy now worth thousands of dollars, but this volume gives you everything you need to produce accurate reproductions or repair an original Chippendale piece, if you were to be so lucky! well worth the very small cost outlay.
The original drawings are reproduced with enough detail to inform anyone working on period furniture how and why it was 'done the way it was done'.
You could spend a lot more on a limited edition version or even invest in an original antiquarian copy now worth thousands of dollars, but this volume gives you everything you need to produce accurate reproductions or repair an original Chippendale piece, if you were to be so lucky! well worth the very small cost outlay.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This large catalog style paper back book is an excellent reference for architecture, furniture and design. Black drawing on newsprint paper, this book was a catalog of Thomas Chippendale's furniture shop in England and gives detailed motifs for the antique dealer and cabinet maker alike.
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