Thomas Chippendale: A Review of his Life and Origin

Published by John Murray, London, 1928

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First-edition author's copy of this insightful biography on renowned furniture designer Thomas Chippendale. First edition.In publisher's original maroon cloth binding.Author's copy. Inscription to the front free endpaper from Haslemere, Scotland.Publisher's leaflet tipped in to the rear, featuring press opinions and an order form for both this volume and Penderel-Brodhurst and Layton's first work, A Glossary of English Furniture of the Historic Periods.Well-researched biography of prominent eighteenth-century woodworker Thomas Chippendale, whose influence on British furniture design continues to this day. In publisher's original maroon cloth binding. Author's copy. Inscription to the front free endpaper from Haslemere, Scotland. Externally, reasonably smart with slight bumping and rubbing, furnished with a sizeable tide mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound with the exception of a few marginally more delicate pages towards the centre. Bright and clean with light spotting mainly contained to first and last few pages. Occasional pencil annotations throughout. Good.…

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Title
Thomas Chippendale: A Review of his Life and Origin
Author
Edwin J. Layton; J. Penderel-Brodhurst
Publisher
John Murray, London
Publication year
1928
Condition
Good
Signed
signed by author
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Edition
First edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
11.5" by 9"

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