The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture, in the Most Fashionable Taste

Engraved by: Matthew Darly (English, active 1754–1778)
Engraved by: Butler Clowes (English, died in 1782)
Engraved by: Isaac Taylor I (English, 1730–1807)
Engraved by: Johann Sebastian Müller (German, worked in England, 1715–after 1785)
Engraved by: Edward Rooker (English, 1711–1774)
Engraved by: James Hulett (English, died in 1771)
Engraved by: Cornelis Heinrich Hemerich (German, active in England, 1750–1800)
After: Thomas Chippendale (English, 1718–1779)
Author: Thomas Chippendale (English, 1718–1779)

1762

Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 199 engravings

Dimensions Overall: 46.8 x 30.8 x 6.5 cm (18 7/16 x 12 1/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Platemark (Plate XIV): 22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik

Accession Number31.995

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

London: Printed for the Author, 1762

Catalogue Raisonné ESTC (RLIN): T102007

Description(London: Printed for the author, 1762) Folio; 210 [of 213] leaves; contemporary brown calf [rebacked].

Illustrations and diagrams of the architectural orders; furniture; mirrors, picture frames, etc.

Provenance18th century, John Goddard (cabinetmaker; b. 1723 - d. 1785), Newport, RI; to his son, Thomas Goddard (cabinetmaker, b. 1765 - d. 1858), Newport [see note]. Mr. Goffe (probably Ernest Goffe, cabinetmaker, b. 1820 - d. 1891), Newport; to Miss Goffe, Newport. 1929, sold by Duncan A. Hazard (b. 1875 - d. 1939), Newport, to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893- d. 1963), Newport; 1931, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1931)

NOTE: His signature is inside the lower cover.