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Rilegato. Condición: quasi ottimo. THE SECOND, GREATLY ENLARGED (THE NUMBER OF PLATES IS EXACTLY DOUBLED) EDITION OF THIS RARE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH ROCOCO FURNITURE DESIGNS, INCLUDING NUMEROUS DESIGNS FOR LIBRARY FURNITURE, LIKE BOOKCASES ETC. SOCIETY OF UPHOLSTERERS. The IId. Edition of Genteel Houshold [sic] Furniture in the Present Taste, with an addition of several articles never before executed, by a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-Makers, & c. containing upwards of 350 designs on 120 copper plates. Consisting of China, [.]. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map and Printseller, [no date, c.1760-65]. 8vo (23,14,5cm). ff. [1] 120, that is, engraved title leaf and 120 numbered engraved leaves printed on the recto only. With a lovely ephemeral label dedicated to celebrating Spring time. Bound in contemporary leather. Excellent condition. Very rare. There appears to be several issues of this rare 18th century pattern book which was first published in 1760 with 60 plates. Little appears to be known about the Society, but it is thought to have been a group of the most fashionable furniture makers and designers in London. The present second edition has 120 plates. As the title states, the designs were for all types of domestic furniture, including firegrates and irons; with titles such as: 'Chinese Hall Lantern'; 'Commode Cloaths Press'; 'Toillets'; 'Frats for Frizes &c.'; 'Standard Sign Iron'; 'French Back Stools'; 'Ornamented Bed-posts'; 'Stair Case Lights'; 'Lady's Desk'; 'Linnen Chests'; 'Gothic Chairs'; 'Obelisks for Lamps &c.'; 'Girondoles'. Robert Manwaring may have contributed most of the designs for chairs; the first 28 plates were reprinted in 1766 in Robert Manwaring's Chair-makers guide. Other designs have been attributed to Thomas Johnson, Ince & Mayhew, Thomas Chippendale, and perhaps Matthias Darley. It has been stated that the designs are for mostly plain and modest looking furniture; Christopher Gilbert has suggested that their publication may have been directed at practicing craftsmen rather than prospective clients. "In 1761 Queen Charlotte of England ordered a bombé secretary from William Vile, the recently appointed cabinetmaker to George III. The invoice in the accounts of St. James s Palace describes the newly delivered piece of furniture as an exceedingly fine mahogy secretary with drawers and a writing drawer, a set of shelves at Top, and the sides and back all handsome cuttwork. It cost £71. When the Society of Upholsterers and Cabinetmakers of London published the second edition of Genteel Household Furniture in the Present Taste about 1762, they included designs for a bombé clothes press, clothes chest, and pedestal, all employing the form popular in Boston." (Colonial Society) "The eighteenth century in England was the golden age of books illustrating architecture and furniture designs. The approximately 250 different architectural titles and 40 furniture titles published were a principal means for the transmission of London designs throughout the English-speaking world, and they deserve much of the credit for the pleasing proportions and quality construction that characterize Georgian architecture and furniture, be it from London, Dublin, or Philadelphia. . Between 1760 and 1765, bookseller and printer Robert Sayer published four editions of Houshold Furniture in Genteel Taste, an octavo volume of relatively modest rococo designs for a wide variety of furniture forms. Sayer assembled and reissued a medley of designs including works by Manwaring, Ince and Mayhew, Chippendale, and Johnson. The first edition had sixty plates with approximately 180 designs; the second and third editions were identical and had 100 plates with about 300 designs; the fourth edition had 120 plates with about 350 designs. EP Publishing of East Ardsley, England, reprinted the latter edition in 1978." (Chipstone). REFERENCES: ESTC N64868 (four parts bound in one, 120 plates). Kimball, F & E. Donnell. Creators of Chippendale.