Hardcover
1978 · New York
by Gilbert, Christopher
New York: Tabard Press, 1978. Hardcover. VG/G (book has minor age toning along textblock, dust jacket shows shelf wear and a small tear at the spine). Burgundy paper boards with gold gilt lettering on spine, red dust jacker with color illustration and white lettering on cover and spine, x, 144 pp., bw illustrations throughout. Contents Include: Introduction -- Part I Chippendale's Life and Busniess -- 1. Biographical Essay -- 2. Commercial Enterprise -- 3. Branches of the Business -- Part II Chippendale's Furniture Designs -- 4. The Director - promoation, publication and revision -- 5. The Manuscript Designs -- 6. Stylistic Development -- Glossary of Terms used by Chippendale -- Index -- Part III Chippendale's Works.
(Inventory #: 181280)