The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director【電子書籍】[ Thomas Chippendale ]

＜p＞Thomas Chippendale (1718?79) was the most famous and most skilled of England's master cabinet-makers. So synonymous with excellence in design and craftsmanship was he that his name has been given to the most splendid period of English furniture design.＜br /＞ In 1774, Chippendale issued a catalogue of all his designs, a magnificent compilation of 160 engraved plates representing the prevailing furniture styles, particularly the French (Louis XXV), Gothic, and Chinese-manner pieces for which he was best known. ＜em＞The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director,＜/em＞ the most important and thorough catalogue of furniture designs that had ever been published in England, was enormously influential, spreading quickly throughout the Continent and the colonies and guiding the style and construction of furniture everywhere. A second edition was formed the following year, and a third in 1762. Today this classic collection is a very rare and highly valued work.＜br /＞ This volume is an unaltered an．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る