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The Chair-Maker's Guide; Being upwards of Two Hundred New and Genteel Designs

1766
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Object Information
  • Title: The Chair-Maker's Guide; Being upwards of Two Hundred New and Genteel Designs
  • Designer: Robert Manwaring (British, active 1760–ca. 1770)
  • Designer: Matthias Darly (British, ca. 1720–1780 London)
  • Designer: Ince and Mayhew (British, London 1758/9–1811)
  • Designer: Copland (British, active ca. 1766)
  • Publisher: Robert Sayer (British, Sunderland 1725–1794 Bath)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1766
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 5 11/16 x 7/8 in. (22 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc. Gift, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1103
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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