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The universal decorator : a complete guide to ornamental design, including designs for cabinet makers, wood carvers, metal workers, Birmingham, Sheffield, and the potteries, scrolls, panels, and general ornament, alphabets, initials, and monograms

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1862?]
Call number: 656845
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005 This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, which was donated to The Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.
Dimensions: 29 cm (4to)
Associated people: Gibbs, William,; Last, Jay T.,
Associated organizations: Houlston and Wright,; Sumfield and Jones,
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The universal decorator : a complete guide to ornamental design, including designs for cabinet makers, wood carvers, metal workers, Birmingham, Sheffield, and the potteries, scrolls, panels, and general ornament, alphabets, initials, and monograms

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1,000 quaint cuts from books of other days : including amusing illustrations from children's story books, fables, chap-books, &c., &c., a selection of pictorial initial letters & curious designs & ornaments from original wooden blocks belonging to the Leadenhall Press