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One Hundred and Fifty, New Designs, By Thos. Johnson Carver.

Print
1761
Artist/Maker
Thomas Johnson (designer)
Butler Clowes (printmaker)
Sayer, Robert (publisher)
Place of origin
London

Thomas Johnson (after), title plate, part 2 (comprising title plate and 13 further plates) from 'One Hundred and Fifty New Designs by Thos. Johnson Carver', London, 1761.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
print
TitleOne Hundred and Fifty, New Designs, By Thos. Johnson Carver. (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Thomas Johnson (after), title plate, part 2 (comprising title plate and 13 further plates) from 'One Hundred and Fifty New Designs by Thos. Johnson Carver', London, 1761.
Dimensions
  • Approximate page size height: 28.5cm
  • Approximate page size width: 22.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Above image: 15 Within the frame: One Hundred and Fifty New Designs,/By Thos. Johnson Carver./Consisting of Cielings, Chimney Pieces, Slab, Glass, _/and Picture Frames, Stands for China &c, Clock, and _/Watch Cases, Girondoles, Brackets, Grates, Lanthorns, &c. &c./The whole well adapted for Decorating _/all kinds of/Ornamental Furniture, in the Present Taste _/Engraved on 56 Copper Plates. _/NB. This Work is Regularly divided into 4 Parts. _/Part. 2nd./London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street _/T. Johnson Invt. et Delin./Published by Act of Parliamt. 1761/B. Clowes Sculpt. Bottom right: 15 (running along plate mark)
Object history
Thomas Johnson was a furniture designer and wood-carver. He is mainly known for his numerous published designs of furniture and decorative objects, such as Twelve Gerandoles (1755) and two editions of A New Book of Ornaments (1760 and 1762). His One Hundred and Fifty New Designs (1761) is dedicated to the president of the Anti-gallican Association, a society which was against current French fashions.Johnson's designs include a variety of frame styles, chimney-pieces, girandoles, candlestands and clock-cases decorated with opulent Rococo, Chinoiserie and rustic motifs.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 520, 23. (Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, p. 173, 1228.
  • Hayward, Helena, Thomas Johnson and English Rococo, London 1964.
  • Hayward, Helena, 'Newly-discovered Designs by Thomas Johnson', Furniture History, Vol. 11 (1975), pp. 40-42.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5713-1903

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Record createdDecember 13, 2005
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