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Regency Household: Hepplewhite Designs for Chair Backs

By Anne | September 4, 2021 - 6:55 am |September 22, 2021 Regency Household

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These designs for chair backs appeared in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1788). Featuring the Georgian era Hepplewhite’s designs and tips, the volume was produced Continue →

Regency Household: A Sheraton Sideboard

By Anne | July 2, 2021 - 6:40 am |July 19, 2021 Regency Household

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This design for a sideboard appeared in Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book (1793). The explanation includes: “The sideboard has a brass rod to Continue →

Regency Household: Work Tables

By Anne | March 2, 2021 - 7:40 am |March 16, 2021 From the Desk of Anne

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A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration ( in the Most Approved and Elegant Taste (1805) Typically used for crafts and sewing, Continue →

Regency Household: An Egyptian Chimney Front

By Anne | February 6, 2021 - 7:25 am |February 16, 2021 Regency Household

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This engraving and the description appeared in the 1823 book “Modern Furniture” by Augustus Pugin and J Stafford. Napolean’s Egyptian Campaign in the early 19 Continue →