Hanging Shelves, 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 the right half of plate CXIV in the 1754 and 1755 editions, renumbered as plate CXL in the 1762 edition.

Hanging Shelves, 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(96); blue paper page 210

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

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