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A new collection of chimney pieces, ornamented in the style of the Etruscan, Greek, and Roman architecture; containing thirty six designs, Suitable to the most elegant Range of Apartments; With descriptions of the plates in English and French. Composed, etched and engraved in aquatinta by George Richardson, architect. = Nouveau recueil de cheminées Ornees Dans le Stile De L'Architecture Etrusque, Grecque, & Romaine, Contenant Trente Six Desseins, Sortables aux appartements les plus elegants; Avec Les Descriptions des Planches en Anglois & en François. Composés & gravés en aquatinta par George Richardson, architecte.
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The chimney-Piece-Maker's daily assistant, or, a treasury of new designs for chimney-pieces: beginning with the most plain and simple, and gradually ascending to the most grand and magnificent, in the Antique, Modern, Ornamental and Gothic Taste; proper to be executed in Halls, Salones, Vestibules, Guard Rooms, State Rooms, Parlours, Dining Rooms, Drawing Rooms, Anti Rooms, Music Rooms, Cabinets, Bed Rooms, Dressing Rooms, &c. Together with a table shewing the just proportions they bear to the above several and respective rooms. The Whole neatly engraved on Fifty-Four Copper-Plates, From the original drawings of Thomas Milton, John Crunden, and Placido Columbani, Architects.
Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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Designs for chimnies: and the proportions they bear to their respective rooms; Containing more than eighty examples of that kind. Also variety of arches, doors, and windows. To which is added, A concise, but clear Description of the Five Orders, regulated by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts. With some Observations on Rules and Methods used in Drawing. The whole neatly engraved on fifty octavo copper-plates. By Abraham Swan, Architect.
Swan, Abraham.Date: [1765]- Books
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Upwards of one hundred and fifty new designs, for chimney pieces; from the plain and simple, to the most superb and magnificent, Properly adapted to Rooms, Halls, Saloons, Lobbies, &c. Of every Dimension; With the Proportions they bear to each, and full and complete instructions to workmen; Enriched with a great Variety of Arches, Doors, Windows, Cornices, Architraves, Ornaments for Trusses, Pedestals, Pediments, Columns, Imposts, Modillions, Soffets, &c. To which is added, A concise and clear Description of the Five Orders of architecture, Regulated by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts; with Observations on Rules and Methods to be observed in Drawing the Whole. By Abraham Swan, Architect. Adorned with fifty-four copper-plates, elegantly Engraved.
Swan, Abraham.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]