Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale British

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Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate XCII in the third edition of 1762, but created as early as 1760 according to the Act of Parliament on the print itself.

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Black ink, gray wash

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20.40.2(5); blue paper page 116

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Black ink, gray wash
Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Black ink, gray wash

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