Cabinet Dictionary

by Thomas Sheraton

ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) was, along with Chippendale and George Hepplewhite, one of the three most influential furniture designers of his age. Though trained as a cabinetmaker, he eventually left the trade setting himself up as a designer, draftsman, teacher, and taste-maker. ABOUT THIS BOOK -- This book, the illustrated "Dictionary" was many things and Sheraton's cumbersome title covers most of "The Cabinet Dictionary Containing an Explanation of All the Terms Used in the Cabinet, Chair, and Upholstery Branches With Directions for Varnish-making, Polishing, and Gilding... [with] a Supplementary Treatise on Geometrical Lines, Perspective, and Painting in General...illustrated...on Eighty-Eight Handsomely-Engraved Copper-plates, Including a Very Great Variety of the Most Fashionable Pieces of Cabinet Furniture...." ABOUT THIS EDITION -- Praeger Publishing's 1970 Two Volume Facsimile Edition is a very nice piece of work. Two tidy hardbacks in dustjacket, over 440 pp of toothy buff stock with all the original illustrations. Many fold-out pages; bound in brown paper over boards with sewn bindings. A Preface and Introduction provide historical perspective.

440 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1971