ARTS DECORATIFS ]Livre Rare Book
[TRADE CATALOG - Decorative Arts]Biblio.com
Designs for Looking Glasses Cornices Girandoles Jardinieres Console Tables &c. &c
18906584London: I. J. & Co 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Unpaginated. Filled with line drawings of mirror or painting frame models offered by I. J. & Co. Bound in brick-red cloth elaborately blindstamped with gilt lettering on front board. Preliminaries foxed. With edge-wear; corners worn. A customer has identified several models for rooms at a house being furnished each with prices in pencil i.e. "Mr. Singer's room £ 8.8.0" "Study £ 12" "South Room £ 7.15" or "Nursery £ 6.0.0." We've posited 1890 as the publication date based on paper type image reproduction and binding; that date is mere educated guess. A scarce trade catalog consisting mostly of frames for mirrors and paintings each designated with a model number. Searches of auction records and library holdings revealed no copies of this title nor reference to the manufacturer I. J. & Co. Rare. I. J. & Co hardcover
