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The Carpenters Companion: being an accurate and compleat treatise of carpenters works...to which is added the five orders...

Author James Smith British
Engraver Benjamin Cole British
Publisher John Millan British
1733
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  • Title: The Carpenters Companion: being an accurate and compleat treatise of carpenters works...to which is added the five orders...
  • Author: James Smith (British, active mid-18th century)
  • Engraver: Benjamin Cole (British, 1697–1783)
  • Publisher: John Millan (London)
  • Date: 1733
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 9/16 in. (20 × 22.2 × 1.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.100.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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