Antique English Dictionary

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One of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, and was the preeminent English dictionary under the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was completed one-hun...

Each book leather bound with gilt end pages. Books include Dictionary, French and English Dictionary, Atlas, Gazeteer (geographic dictionary), French and Latin Quotations, English Q...

The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards.

Map of Nottinghamshire with engravings of Worksop Manor Nottingham Castle Newstead Abbey BIBLIOGRAPHY published in Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, about 1850. Decorative...

This is an antique 3 volume book set - The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards.

The spelling variation ’Jewelry’ is thought to have had some popularity as a preferred ‘poetic’ or ‘rhetorical’ spelling in British English. ‘Jewellery and Jewelery’ is used in the U...

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA illustrates a similar walnut lowboy in ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 542, fig. 2; ‘'Walnut Tabl...

Town and Emanuel Recorded in the 'Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840', published by the Furniture History Society, as being situated at 103 New Bond Street between 183...

After John’s death circa 1815, the company was run by his son William, until his death in 1825. References; Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840 published.

Comparative literature: Beard, Geoffrey, and Christopher Gilbert. Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840. Furniture History Society : W.S.

Edwards and P. Macquoid - The Dictionary of English Furniture 1927 (Vol lll, p.198).

William Freeman is recorded on pp 321 of the 'Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840', published by the Furniture History Society, as being made a freeman on 24 February 18...

In his hands the sitter holds the Chronological and Poetical Dictionnary, which was published in 1703 and was the first dictionary written in English and arranged alphabetically.

There are also variations applied in other areas of the English colonies which were not part of the Virginia Company of London's efforts, making the origin of the word and derivation...

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth edition 1972) p. 365, illustration 46, for a related mirror dated 1755.

See Bowett, Myths of English Furniture History: Laburnum Wood Furniture’, Antique Collecting, June 1998, pp.22-23) Illustrated in Dictionary of English /Furniture (1954), Vol.3, p. 1...

Literature Early Georgian Furniture by Dr Adam Bowett, page 72-73, plate 2:40. Dictionary Of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, page 609, ref: Peter Mi...

Ref: In 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' Ralph Edwards CBE FSA illustrates an antique walnut stool of a similar period, circa 1700, Hamlyn, London, (Fourth impression 1...

Provenance Beard and Gilbert (C), Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 - 1840, published by FHS, 1986, p. 880 as ‘J.

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth edition 1972) p. 365, illus. 46.

Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, vol. I, p.275, fig. 154.

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA illustrates a similar walnut lowboy In 'The Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 542, fig. 2; '‘Walnut Table; cabriole l...

Edwards & P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., 1954, vol.

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London, Fourth Impression 1972, p. 160, fig. 175, for a chair of similar design including pa...

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth edition 1972) p. 365, illustration 46, for a very similar mirror dated 1755.

Literature: 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, Hamlyn, London (4th impression 1972) ill. 7, p. 519: note the lappet carving, & ill. 10, p. 52; vis...

• MacQuoid & Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture (Vol. III): Discusses the evolution of wine cisterns and their placement in the Georgian home.

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA notes two chests of the same period in his 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (1972) p. 202, illustr. 14 (Bourne Park, Kent) & illustr. 16 (J.

See Beard and Gilbert, 'The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840' (1986) p. 573.

See Ralph Edwards, p. 640, fig. 7, showing the Zoffany painting with the oval brass-bound wine cooler in the foreground, in ‘The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’ [sic].

References: Note similarities in a slightly earlier piece from Ickworth Abbey, Suffolk, in Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (1972) p. 200, ill. 7.

Ralph Edwards C.B.E., F.S.A. 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture - From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period', 1972, illus. 5, page 400 and p. 402. 

Literature: For similar X-end standard supports see Ralph Edwards, 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (1964) p. 572, ill.10.

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (1964), p. 529, fig 8.

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (Fourth edition 1972) p.145, ill. 3, dated ca 1760.

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA illustrates a similar scalloped tilt-top tripod with a date of 1750, in his ‘Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’, Country Life, Hamlyn (Fourth Impression 1...

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (Hamlyn, Fourth Impression 1972) p. 556, ill. 8: ''A walnut kneehole desk dated, circa 1733''.

Percy Macquoid is notable as the first academic English furniture historian, and was co-author (with Ralph Edwards CBE FSA) of 'The Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth I...

References: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA illustrates a “Mahogany Wine Waiter with partitions for bottles”, circa 1750, in 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Country Life, Hamly...

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA refers to an “oak joyned bench or form” in 'The shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’, Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 48, ill. 6.

Literature: See Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (4th Impression 1972) p. 97, ill. 19, for a similarly configured double dome.

This charming chiffonière is attributed to George Oakley (1773-1840). Lit. Dictionary of English Furniture makers, page 658.

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (Fourth edition 1972) ills. on pp. 156-160.

Literature: Beard, Geoffrey, and Christopher Gilbert. Dictionary of English Furniture Makers: 1660-1840. Leeds: Maney, 1986, p. 469.

The BIFMO entry for Gerrard, taken from the Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, describes him as flourishing around 1830.

I', as well as illustrated and discussed in 'The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol. III', Edwards, Ralph, London, 1953, p. 176, fig. 46.

References: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Fourth edition 1972, states: ‘’Sideboard pedestals… (introduced circa 1760) afforded and opportunity fo...

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth edition 1972) p. 562, ill. 25 ‘’A familiar type [of writing table], popularly known as a...

Gilbert, C. and Beard, G. 'Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840' (1986) pp. 658-660.

Illustrated in Ralph Edwards. Shorter. Dictionary Of English Furniture. 1964. Pg ,562, fig 26.

Edwards, vol. 1, p.141, fig 41 The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London,1 964, by R.

Geoffrey Beard, Christopher Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 742).

Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'A Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 150, ill. 132, documents a similar armchair dated circa 1765.

Clifford Smith Page 227 Plate 280. Dictionary of English Furniture, Volume 3. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards Page 208 Plate 20.

Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) ill. 5, p. 363.

References: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture (Fourth edition 1972) ill. 26, p 59.