The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director. |
By Thomas Chippendale |
Desk and Book Cases |
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Plate LXXVII Is a Defk and Book-Cafe, with all its dimentions and mouldings properly fixed. |
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Plate LXXVIII. Plate LXXVIII is a Defk and Book-Cafe; the middle door is intended for glafs. The middle part of the Defk is drawers, and two defigns of doors at each end. Within the doors may be fixed upright partitions for books, which will be very convenient. The ornaments of this will make it look very agreeable; the meafures are all fixed. |
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Plate LXXX. Plate LXXX is a Defk and Book-Cafe in the Chinefe tafte; the doors are intended for glafs, and will look extremely well. The fmall columns in the canopy above the cornice, project forwards. The fretwork at the bottom of the Book-Cafe is for two fmall drawers; the dimentions are fix'd to the defign. |
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Plate LXXXII. Is a Defk and Book-Cafe, with ornaments on the fides and top of it, and two defigns of the defk part below, with dimenfions fixed to the whole. This, properly made, will look very well. The doors muft be glazed. |
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Plate LXXXIII. Is a fmall Defk and Book-Cafe in the Gothic tafte: The door is for glafs, and to be all in one; the bottom part to ftand upon a frame. The fwelling part at the bottom of the book-cafe. The front of the desk is two different defigns for doors, or drawers; the fizes are fixed to the drawing. |
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Plate LXXXIX. Is a Bureau Dreffing-Cheft and Book-Cafe; the middle door is for glafs, and drawers or doors on each fide; the top neatly carved will look well; the fret in the bottom is intended for a drawer; A is the profile of the defign; the line B is the depth of the recefs for the knees; the mouldings are at large on the right hand. |
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Plate XC. Is a Dreffing-Cheft (or table) and Book-Cafe; the doors are all intended for glafs; the fret in the bottom is for the dreffing drawer; the lower part may be drawers or doors; the dimenfions are all fixed to the defign; the mouldings are all at large on the right hand. |
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