Saturday, 10 August 2019

Engraved Sources for 18th Century Chimney Piece Designs - A Preliminary List.




Engraved Sources for 18th Century Chimney Piece Designs.

 A Preliminary List.


 In more or less chronological order

Book of Architecture. James Gibbs, 1728.

Designs of Inigo Jones and Others, Isaac Ware, 1731.

A New Book of Ornament, Mathias Lock and Henry Copland, 1752.

The Gentleman and Builder's Repository, 1737.

The Gentleman or Builders Companion, W. Jones 1739.

Gothic Architecture Improv'd by Rules and Proportions, Batty Langley, 1742.

The British Architect, A Swan, 1745.

Palladio Londoniensis, W. Salmon, 1752.

A New Book of Ornament for Looking Glass Frames, Chimney Pieces &c &c in the Chinese Taste, Matthias Lock, 1752. reissued by Sayer, 1768.

A Complete Body of Architecture, Isaac Ware, 1756.

The Modern Builders Assistant. W. Halfpenny, 1757.

Architecture Improved in a Collection of Modern Useful and Elegant Designs R. Morris, 1757.
The Builders Companion and Workman's General Assistant, W Pain. 1758.

One Hundred and Fifty New Designs for Chimney- Pieces Abraham Swan. 1758.

Collection of Designs, Thomas Johnson. 1758.

One Hundred and Fifty New Designs, Thomas Johnson, 1761.

The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director, Thomas Chippindale, 1763.

A Society of Upholsterers, Genteel Household Furniture in the Present Taste. 1765

The Universal System of Household Furniture, William Ince and John Mayhew, 1762.

The Chimney Piece Makers Daily Assistant, Crundon, Milton and Columbani, 1766.

The Practical Buil;der ... William Paine, 1774.

Works in Architecture. R & J Adam. 1777.

The Carpenter and Joiners Repository. William Paine,  1778.

The Builders Golden Rule, William Paine 1781.

Designs for Chimney-Pieces with Mouldings & Bases at Large, Isaac Taylor, 1794



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The London Catalogue of Books.

1773

Architecture.























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  Chimneypiece by John Bacon. 1776.