The Gentleman and Cabinet - Maker's Director: A facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1754

It was Thomas Chippendale's book of designs, The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, which was to ensure his lasting fame. It was the first attempt by a cabinetmaker to produce such an ambitious publication, similar to fashionable arch itects, surveying the whole repertoire of contemp orary furniture styles and intended as an advertis