CELEBRATING THOMAS CHIPPENDALE: 250 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
by Rene Bilodeau; Anselm Fraser
Published by The Learning Mill Press. 1st. 2005
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. This book celebrates Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: A pattern book of household furnishings published in 1754. Chippendale's folio would become the most important and significant publication of its time, influencing furniture design and style up to this day. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index.
White mark to lower front board imprinted from the verso of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has been glued to the pastedowns via the flaps (will not be removed). A few minor marks to front endpaper. Some damp crinkling to contents but no staining, clean. A few minor marks to rear panel of dustwrapper and light fading to front edge of spine.
ISBN: 0976212404
Stock no. 1830759
