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Original and Novel Designs for Household Furniture…

Print
ca.1833 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print showing a design for a bed, bound in a volume. The volume is lettered 'beds' and 'J. Alder' on the spine.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOriginal and Novel Designs for Household Furniture… (suite title)
Materials and techniques
Etching coloured by hand
Brief description
John Richard Taylor (after), plate from 'Original and Novel Designs for Household Furniture…', London, ca.1833.
Physical description
Print showing a design for a bed, bound in a volume. The volume is lettered 'beds' and 'J. Alder' on the spine.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 18.1cm
  • Size of volume width: 18.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Taylor Delt. Bedfd. Ct.' (Lettered variously)
  • 'Taylor del. & Pub.' (Lettered variously)
Object history
The volume also contains 23 plates of designs for beds from Modern Designs for Household Furniture by Thomas King, published by the author, London, ca.1830.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.779-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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