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Lot 91
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$200 -
300
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$2,375
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Lot Description
[CABINET MAKERS PATTERN BOOK]. Spine title: "Furniture Fittings of the 18th Century." N.p.: n.p., n.d. (but 18th-century).
Small folio (282 x 182 mm). 113 engraved plates mounted on stubs. (A few trimmed close, fore-edge of plate 112 fraying.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards gilt (repaired, endpapers renewed, some light wear). Provenance: John Tiranti & Co. (booksellers' label).
Pattern book profusely illustrated with engraved designs of decorative furniture fittings, handles, pulls, ornaments, castors, hinges, and screws, all from the late 18th-century.