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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: 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 →

Regency Household: Firescreens

By Anne | October 26, 2019 - 7:22 am |November 14, 2019 Regency Household

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An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture (1835) Fire screens could be decorated with embroidery, fabric, painting or other needlework and usually Continue →