Antique Drawing Book

In the mid 1920s she was working with the CWSA Sketch Club and in 1931 was a founder member of the Coventry Sketch Club and well remembered for her constant attendance at their outdo...

Crafted of elegant satinwood, the vitrine demonstrates the enduring influence of classical antiquity on English furniture design. Sheraton's book The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's ...

An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stai...

The 'reeded' legs executed on this table are a rarely seen early variant with the ends 'cut' at 45° angles and hollowed to replicate actual harvested reed bundles, unlike the typical...

All resting on ebonized paw feet to the front and bracket feet to the back, late 18th / early 19th century NOTE: very similar design elements (large Greek Key trim, lion's paw feet,...

A related design dates to circa 1791 as published in 'The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book', by Thomas Sheraton. Described as a swinging crib-bed, it had an ingenious clo...

One of the triumvirate of great English Cabinet makers and designers, born in Stockton -on-Tees, settling in London in circa 1790, he expressed his genius in the ‘The Cabinet Maker a...

Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, h...

Footnote: A pattern for this secretaire was entitled a ‘Lady’s Secretary’ and featured in Thomas Sheraton’s, ‘Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book’, 1791-3, Part III, pl XLII...

His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.

Though few pieces can be firmly attributed to his workshop, Sheraton’s impact came through his pattern books, especially The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book. He promoted...

The design of the offered armchairs is based on an amalgagam of elements for an engraving of two `Drawing Room Chairs' illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholste...

The publication in Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book of several plates illustrating the interiors of Prince George’s recently built palace raised the intere...

His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.

Richard Janthur (Zerbst, 1883 - Berlin, 1956) was a German drawing teacher, graphic artist, book illustrator and painter.

His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.

The artist works in the following genres and techniques: watercolor, painting, drawing, book illustrations, murals for public interiors in Latvia and abroad.

Simson was one of the subscribers to Thomas Sheraton’s Drawing Book of 1793 and was included by Sheraton in his list of master cabinetmakers published in his Cabinet Dictionary in 18...

His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.

Other details include the intricate lace trim on her collar, sleeves and cap, the dainty blue bodice ribbon, the chain and magnifying glass around her neck and small brooch under her...

His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.

Sheraton is a late 18th century neoclassical English furniture style, in vogue circa 1785-1820, that was coined by 19th century collectors and dealers to credit furniture designer Th...

There are usually small slopes over the two desktop drawers at the left and right ends of the "U" shape. Drawings of this type of desk were presented by Hepplewhite in his famous des...

The table is clearly related to Thomas Sheraton’s designs for pier tables published in his Drawing Book in 1791 but designed to be a more practical and sturdy piece.

On his 20th Birthday, Phyfe's mother, gave him "The Cabinetmaker & Upholsterer's Drawing Book in Four Parts 1788" by Thomas Sheridan.

He was a close friend, with whom Laborde had spent a lot of time together, making sketches and drawing book illustrations. Charles had to go back to reporting – he was commissioned t...

The artist skillfully contrasts the dark, shadowed interior with touches of luminous color — notably the child’s vivid blue garment and the expressive white pages of the book — drawi...

Due in part to the desirability of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita cat drawings, the artist published a limited-edition book of cat drawings in 1930.

His sketches were regularly published in the Italian American satirical newspaper La Follia di New York and a collection of his drawings appeared in book form in 1908. The present sc...

Over many decades, he would go on to teach over 2,000 students there (including Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins) and publish the most important instructional book on drawing that woul...

The drama lies not in applied decoration, but in the wood itself—the apron is thick, its book-matched grain drawing mirrored flames across the surface, while the mahogany’s natural l...

Handpainted in an expressive blue colour on a white background, this image is taken from print drawings from J. Jonston’s book ‘Historia Naturalis’ published in 1650.

Handpainted in an expressive blue colour on a white background, this image is taken from print drawings from J. Jonston’s book ‘Historia Naturalis’ published in 1650.

Handpainted in an expressive blue colour on a white background, this image is taken from print drawings from J. Jonston’s book ‘Historia Naturalis’ published in 1650.

He also found work as a book illustrator producing drawings for books including the Tourist Guide to the Continent, published in 1880.

It mentions that the book will feature more than 100 posters, portraits, and original drawings created specifically for the work by prominent Belgian artists.

In 1698 he published his book with drawings, which was a success and was translated into several languages.

The portrait notes that it is based on a drawing in a manuscript book now in the Library of Lambeth, which is likely a reference to the Lambeth Palace Library, the historic library o...

Stanton published a great book of his drawings of steamships in this period.

During this time he focused on animal and landscape motifs, and indulged his printmaking skills, producing a large body of engravings, drawings, and whimsical book illustrations. For...

This sculpture, rendered in patinated bronze, is a portrayal of an unposed nude, one of Ayrton's favourite subjects. In his book "Drawings and Sculpture", Ayrton muses on his studies...

Hughes died in Kew Green, London in 1915, leaving about 700 known paintings and drawings, along with over 750 book illustrations. Following the death of Tryphena Hughes in 1921, thei...

Fascinated by these Italian cities and their landscape, he filled a sketch book with crayon drawings of landscapes and city views, which is currently on display in the Bibliotheque R...

During this time he focused on animal and landscape motifs, and indulged his printmaking skills, producing a large body of engravings, drawings, and whimsical book illustrations. For...

During this time he focused on animal and landscape motifs, and indulged his printmaking skills, producing a large body of engravings, drawings, and whimsical book illustrations. For...

Loosely inserted is the advertisement for exhibition of the original drawing for this book by E. H. Shepard at the Sporting Gallery, London, December 1927.

See additional images for drawing taken from the 1754 book by Thomas Chippendale "Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director" Thomas Chippendale was born in Otley in the West Riding of...

He worked in multiple media: oil painting, drawings, engraving, book illustration, and also decoration for textiles and ceramics.

He managed to capture the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance in much of his work as well as in his book, Negro Drawings. He did not consider these caricatures, but serious drawings of ...

It was, however, sketched twice during the last decade of the 15th century in the book of drawings by a pupil of Domenico Ghirlandaio, now at the Escorial.