Cabinet Maker And Upholsterer's Drawing Book

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The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book

Published by Dover Publications, Incorporated

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Thomas Sheraton's trade card offered his services as delineator and designer. In this capacity he began to publish The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book in 1791. With additions and alterations it reached completed form in 1794. In the process it changed from a wordy treatise on mechanical drawing, perspective, and orthographic projection to an exemplar of furniture design. Indeed, by its masterful selection of the best of the Late Adam Classical Revival, it epitomized in textbook style the range and taste in English furniture in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The examples advanced from the Hepplewhite choices of only a few years earlier, adding decorative elegance and the restrained richness of ornament inspired by acute observation of the contemporary style of Louis XVI. This Dover edition is essentially the furniture sourcebook of the Drawing-Book, a grand r#65533;sum#65533; of the noblest themes of the Classical Revival as inspired by the Brothers Adam and rendered into furniture by countless cabinetmakers, craftsmen, and artists who served one of history's most self-consciously opulent societies. 2.3 Centimeters X 21.3 Centimeters X 28.5 Centimeters. Seller Inventory # 9003541

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Title: The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing ...

Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated

Binding: Paperback

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From the elegance of Hepplewhite to the grandeur of Louis XVI, this 18th-century sourcebook presents the best designs from the Late Adam Classical Revival. It features complete coverage of Sheraton's most important designs, including clock cases, commodes, drawing tables, chairs, and other items. Richly illustrated with 98 plates.

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