The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide: being a complete drawing book, in which will be comprised treatises on geometry and perspective as applicable to the above branches of mechanics. illustrated by. numerous engravings to which is added, a comp

Language: English. Approximately 538 pages. Printed on premium paper. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1826. A substantial early nineteenth-century design manual for cabinet-makers and upholsterers, combining practical instruction with geometric and perspective principles and an extensive series of engraved plates. The work is especially valued for its richly illustrated furniture and interior decoration designs, many of them hand-coloured, and for its place in the history of decorative arts and domestic furnishing. An important reference for collectors, historians of design, and those interested in Regency-era craftsmanship and ornament. Book images are non-contractual.