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Architectural drawings of elegantly designed furniture pieces showcasing intricate details and historical styles, focused on classic craftsmanship.

Gordon Saltar and Edward L Loper, China Closet, c 1937 China Closet
Gordon Saltar and Edward L Loper, China Closet, c 1937 China Closet
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Flat Iron Holder. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.6 x 29.2 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 3/8" long; 4 3/4" wide; 1" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Salvatore Borrazzo.Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1709-1779, British, Design for a Writing Table, 1754. Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper.Francis Law Durand, Child's (living room) Chair, c 1937 Child's (living room) ChairSecretaire bookcase for a Regency ladys boudoir. Doors with ornate gilt decoration over lilac silk curtains. Designed and manufactured by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders, Strand, London, 1814. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository consisting of seventy-six designs of modern and fashionable furniture, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1830.Ronde Bank, Léon Laroche, 1885 - 1895 print Front and top view of a round sofa with six seats. Print from 317th Livraison. paper seating furnitureComposition of plaster ornaments from the studio of J. Delbove, Brussels. Photo from an incomplete series of 13 photos. Photo has traces of an eye on the top showing that the photo has hung. Recto has been notified by numbers per object, corresponding to a handwritten list that is stuck.Chair with handrails and high back. Leaf 15 VERSO, loosely mounted leaf from an album consisting of a bond with two sheets, a blade tray and seventeen separately stuffed sheets.Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Saint-Morien, de, IIIe Cahier d Orfeverie, Edelsmeedkunst, Chandelliers ou Flambeaux et Couteaux de Table, Candlesticks and knives, verso - stamped, Three ornamented candlesticks in the middle and two ornamented table knives on the left and right., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 182 mm, width 246 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1789 - 1789, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisherDesigns for Chair and Window Seats 1841-84 Charles Hindley and Sons British. Designs for Chair and Window Seats. Charles Hindley and Sons (British, London 1841-1917 London). 1841-84. Pen and black inkBank with two seats, Anonymous, After Victor Léon Michel Quétin, 1878 - in or after 1904 print A sofa with a seat on either side, a vase with flowers on the left and right. Print from 77th Livraison. paper seating furnitureVase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802.Drawing, Design for Rectangular Sideboard with Vases of Flowers; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 27.6 x 21.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. )Design for a baptism cup. .Vignet, Elias Voet Jr., 1878 - 1940 print paper vignetteDrawing, Design for a Creamer; Made for Noritake; Japan; brush and watercolor, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper; 28.6 x 15.5 cm (11 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.7 x 45.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.); 1985-14-56Tenth book of the work of J.E. Meissonnier: Models d'Orfèvrerie: Vijfde Blad: pot at Oil; Tenth book of the work of J. Meissonnier. Vijfde Blad ITU Tenth book of the work of J.A. Meissonnier: TerrineDesigns for Two Chairs 1841-84 Charles Hindley and Sons British. Designs for Two Chairs 367337Design for Chinois Bench and Planters 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for Chinois Bench and Planters 358175Mustard pot, egg cup and sauce; Moutardier, coquetier, sauciere; Goldsmiths art; III CAHIER D ORFONIE. Left above an ornamented mustard pot, surrounded by an ornamented spoon, right an ornamented egg cup at high foot and in the middle of an ornamented sauce.Armchair from the end of the 18th century from the collection of Gustaw Subise-Bisier from Warsaw in 1917-views from the side in 1: 5; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1917 (not after 30.05.1917) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Silver objects from the factory of J.M. van Kempen, Jan Bos, after Gerardus Willem van Dokkum, 1858 print According to the caption, the objects were shown at the Utrecht provincial industrial exhibition in 1858. In the middle a scale or baptismal font. Around liturgical vascular work and other objects. Utrecht paper container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin. still life of related objectsDecorated Cabinet, Anonymous, 1875 - 1930 photomechanical print Florence paper collotype ornamental cupboard (+ wood and other phytogenic material) FlorenceChinese and Japanese Bronzes. Cundall & FlemingTwo chairs designed by John Taylor, upholsterer and furniture designer at Bedford Court, Covent Garden, London 1821-1829. Library chair in oak with gold ornaments and scarlet cushion, and drawing-room chair in white and gold swan design with blue damask cushion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a design by John Taylor from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1824.Two small baths; Demie Baignoire; To bathe; 5th Cahier. Two small ornamented baths with backrest. Print number 27.Frank Wenger, Shelf Clock, c 1939 Shelf ClockProducts from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.Upholstered chair with an oval back crowned by a laurel pendulum, Upholstered chair, draughtsman: anonymous, Germany, c. 1775 - c. 1780, paper, h 209 mm × w 163 mmZoar Bed Side Stand. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 36.8 x 38.4 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 20 1/2' high; 14 3/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Angelo Bulone.Ruth Bialostosky, Desk, 1935 1942 DeskCabinet decorated with metal, from the collection of Christopher Beckett Denison, recto - handwritten, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 812, height 123 mm, width 176 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1880 - 1885, paper, WoodburytypeDrinking cup in silver with golden parts, Emile Aubry, After Anonymous, c. 1878 - in or before 1883 photomechanical print Brussels paper collotype mug, beaker, gobletDrinking glasses, plate XIX, 1827 - 1829 Leaf with fifteen drinking glasses, numbered I-XV, plate XIX. Belgium paper etching Leaf with fifteen drinking glasses, numbered I-XV, plate XIX. Belgium paper etchingLon Cronk, Shaker Dining Table and Chairs, c 1937 Shaker Dining Table and ChairsMeuble perse ; Table perse Sauvageot, Cl. (Claude), 1832-1885. still image. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Furniture, Ancient, Decoration and ornament , IranMahogany couch from around 1830 from the collection of Mr. Kunicka in Warsaw in 1916 - front views (fragment) and from a side of 1: 5; Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943); 1916 (not after 22/03/1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);Scale on foot. Leaf 18 Recto, loosely mounted leaf from an album consisting of a bond with two sheets, a blade and seventeen separately stuffed sheets.Mott's Cabinet Lavatories, 1888, J.L. Mott Iron Works, New York, Publisher, J.L. Mott Iron Works. Plumbing, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs, Washstands, Wood engravingsFerdinand Cartier, Corner Cupboard, 1935 1942 Corner CupboardA selection of tools and work-benches used in silver manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.Drawing, Design for Side Serving Table with two shelves adorned by two Corinthian- column front supports on a two-drawer base; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; pen and black ink on thin cream paper; 6 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (17.1 x 27 cm)Design for Writing Table #44 in Oak, A.N. Davenport Co., Graphite on thin cream paper, 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, DrawingUnknown photographer, tomb (without dat.): Detail. Photo on cardboard, 32.9 x 45.5 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Künstler : GrabmalVier Tafels, Léon Laroche, 1885 - 1895 print Four tables in the Louis XVI style. Print from 225th Livraison. paper tableArmchair, stoel in the sofa, Chanat, 1895 print An armchair, chair and a canapé in the empira style. Print from 294th number (Livraison). paper seating furnitureArticles of China. William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877)Francis Law Durand, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairPainted Wooden Chest or Casket. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28.9 cm (14 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Roy Moon.Twee armchairs, Léon Laroche, 1895 print Twee armchairs. Present uit 313rd Nummer (delivery). paper seating furnitureSarkis Erganian, Stove, c 1940 StoveDecorated wooden chair with cushion on also decorated elevation, Anonymous, 1875 - 1930 photomechanical print Florence paper collotype decorative furniture. chair (+ wood and other phytogenic material). pillow FlorenceEngraving tools, punches, files, an anvil etc., for cutting medals. Engraving by Defehrt after Boucher.Chairs and ornaments. Leaf 35 Verso from a sketchbook with 37 sheets.Spinning Wheel. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 27.9 cm (13 3/4 x 11 in.). Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Clyde L. Cheney.Lavabo. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 4'11"overall; 28" to top of basin; 35"wide at arch.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rose Campbell-Gerke.Products of pewter industry: toys. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.Four seats, Midart, 1839 - 1885 print Four seats in the Hendrik II style. Print from 248th Livraison. paper seating furnitureParis, Imprimerie Eudes, Dujardin, Lyon, 15th century French wooden sideboard, at the Exposition Rétrospective of 1877 in Lyon, France, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, EXPOSITION RÉTROSPECTIVE DE LYON, PAR JB GIRAUD., PL. II., CRÉDENCE, FRANCE_XVe SIÈCLE, COLLECTION DE Mr PERUT., height 231 mm, width 179 mm, photographer, 1877 - 1880, paper, papier, heliogravure, clichémaker, French, printer, drukkerCarved Wood and Plush Covered Brackets, Plate 80, showing a range of styles and patterns, some items with mirrors. Date: circa 1880sShaker Table. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.8 x 22.9 cm (10 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Victor F. Muollo.Mechelen, Maes, Joseph, Two gilded monstrances, displayed at an exhibition of religious objects from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, recto - handwritten, photograph, photo, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 35 - 36, height 258 mm, width 207 mm, Belgian, 1838 - 1908, photographer, 1864 - 1864, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine printIllustration showing a Victorian plant stand or window garden, 1879Stüler August (1800-1865), front sheet for furniture lines from Stüler und Strack (1840-1840): Views. Stitch on paper, 34.8 x 54.2 cm (including scan edges)Twee Long Chair, Léon Laroche, 1895 print Twee long chair. Take Uit 316th Nummer (delivery). paper seating furnitureTHE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONLeslie Macklem, Corner cupboard, probably 1939 Corner cupboardDecorated ceramic chimney pots by Doulton et Cie, France, engraving from Nouvelles annales de la construction, 1869.Piano Bench and Taboret, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, KA, Henry J. Allen, Graphite, color pencil on cream tracing paper, Furniture pieces shown in perspective at right and left. At left, is piano bench draped with cloth next to vase and books. At right, taboret, also adorned with cloth runner and potted bonsai tree., USA, 1917, furniture, Drawing, DrawingDesign for Sideboard with Upper Shelf and Neo-Classical Motifs on Rounded Corners, A.N. Davenport Co., Pen and black ink on thin cream paper, Oblong sideboard with 6 straight tapering legs; at front, 3 drawers arranged in 2 rows, flanked by rounded corners with inlaid neo-classical motifs: patera medallions suspended on tied ribbons and bell flower garlands; upper shelf supported by backsplash and 2 front columns with volutes., 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, DrawingStanley Mazur, Grandfather Clock, c 1937 Grandfather ClockPolish robot chair from the beginning of the 19th century from the collection of Miłosz Kotarbiński from Warsaw in 1916 - views from the front, from above and from the side on a scale of 1: 5; Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943); 1916 (not after 14.04.1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);Five plaster casts from capitals from a church in Marburg, possibly the Elisabethkerk. .The electrocuting chair. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Punishment & torture, Electrocutions, Electric chairsMina Lowry, Pa German Chalkware Shrine, c 1939 Pa. German Chalkware ShrineBed. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 23 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Gussow.ORNAMENTELE VAAS MET EEN BASIN; Lead in the drawing of ours ..Warsaw. Ash wood chair, from the equipment at the White House at the Royal Łazienki Park - front, top and side views in the scale of 1:5. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonistTwo designs for salt vessels. .Capitals of Egyptian columns; Alban (fl. Ca 1829-1847), Rifaud, Jean-Jacques (1786-1852); 1830 (1830-00-00-1830-00-00);Sajdak and the Tatar Arch and a handle of the rifle (17th century); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);Two Designs for Tables with Shelves and Dividers ca. 1900 Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Two Designs for Tables with Shelves and Dividers 358174Secretary and bookcase 1795-1810 American The combined desk and bookcase, with a fitted secretary drawer, the front of which drops down to provide a writing surface, offered an efficient means of conducting correspondence, managing household accounts, and storing a familys books. Because they were a symbol of education and literacy, secretary bookcases were sometimes located in public rooms such as parlors or entry halls, where they could be on full display for visitors.. Secretary and bookcase 3149Coffin of his late Royal Highness, the Prince Consort, Albert. December 1861Drawing, Design for Kidney-Shaped Writing Table with Two Books and Vase of Flowers; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 17.8 x 24.1 cm (7 x 9 1/2 in. )Doll Bed. Dated: 1935/1942. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.The International Exhibition: Jackson and Graham's cabinet, 1862. 'The cabinet which we engrave is a work to which we called attention in our article on furniture as beautiful in design and exquisitely finished. It is one of those works which administers to the exaltation of British furniture and beautifies the court in which it is placed. It is formed of ebony, inlaid with ivory; but its chief enrichments are of bronze, highly chased and gilt; and these are of the most refined character, are wrought with much artistic feeling, and in execution are almost perfect. The central portion of the caReproduction of a design with chalices, burrets and an incense barrel, Painlevé, c. 1859 - in or before 1864 print Paris paper chalice. incense-burner ~ scents, perfumesChurch Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880sThe Polish robot desk from the beginning of the 19th century in the collections of Julia Sztolcman in 1915 - views from the side and front on a scale of 1: 5; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1915 (not after 28.07.1915) (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);John Dieterich, Clock Case, c 1936 Clock CaseWalter W Jennings, Clock, c 1936 ClockFrench military accoutrements of the royal guard. From 'Histoire de la maison militaire du Roi de 1814 a 1830' by Eugene Titeux, Paris, 1890.M Rosenshield von Paulin, Sofa, c 1936 SofaModel of a folded work basket and pin cushions, Model of a folded work basket and pin cushions. Print numbered top right: 11, container made or plant material other than wood: basket, A. Lutz (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1809 - 1822, paper, brush, h 261 mm × w 219 mmDrawing for a Life - Preserving CoffinPlate stand, spoon basket, salad dish, sauce boat, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896.The Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. Made for King Edward I to enclose the famous Stone of Scone in 1300-l. From the book ""The Queens of England, Volume I"" by Sydney Wilmot. Published London circa. 1890Clocks and chimney, c. 1857 - in or before 1867 photograph photographic support albumen print clock. candlestickCharter Oak Chair, made from the historical Charter Oak Tree, Hartford, Conn. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesClock. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 19 1/2"high; 10"wide at base. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Miller.