The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of ... designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste ... : to which is prefixed, a short explanation of the five orders of architecture and rules of perspective, with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified ...
Thomas Chippendale's 1754 London pattern book for furniture makers and gentlemen, issued by the author and several booksellers, presents furniture designs in Gothic, Chinese and modern taste. The single plate here is a faint, washed-out page of a pier or frame design with rectangular panels, scrolled brackets and ornamental moulding, showing a layout a designer could adapt for carved frames or cabinet tops.
