Bonhams 1793 : JOHNSON (THOMAS) [Designs for Picture Frames, Candelabra, Ceilings, Chimney-pieces, Brackets, Clockcases, Gerondoels, Metal-work]

[Designs for Picture Frames, Candelabra, Ceilings, Chimney-pieces, Brackets, Clockcases, Gerondoles, Metal-work], 2 engraved dedication leaves (one as title, see ESTC), engraved list of plates, 2 leaves of letterpress, 52 engraved plates by B. Clowes and J. Kirk after designs by Johnson (of 53, lacking plate 51), dedications dampstained, some spotting, short tear repaired, T. Johnson, at the Golden Boy in Grafton Street, 1758; Twelve Gerandoles, engraved title and 7 plates (of 11), laid down 2 to a sheet, Thomas Johnson, Carver, Queen's Street, near 7 Dials, 1755, 2 works bound in one vol., contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, lacking lower cover, folio

Estimate:

£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,500 - 2,300

Footnotes

SCARCE. ESTC records three copies of the first work (British Library; Avery Library at Columbia; Getty), and none of the second. Thomas Johnson (1714-c.1778) was one of the most influential designers and woodcarvers of the English rococo. See illustration overleaf.

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