Hepplewhite Furniture Drawings
The complete text to "The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide, or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture, in the newest and most approved taste : displaying a great variety of patterns ... in the plainest and most enriched styles : with a scale to each, and an explanation in letter press : also, the plan of a room, showing the proper distribution of the furniture", by George Hepplewhite.
About 300 different designs are given for household furniture in the "Guide", third and revised edition of 1794, most of them in the neoclassical style current in the England of the late Georgian era and borrowing heavily from the work of the designer Robert Adam. The antique designs shown herein, and as carried out by many household furniture makers since the late eighteenth century, are very elegant, lightly but sturdily made, using satinwood inlaid with exotic woods, or mahogany.
Following is the list of sections contained within the "Guide". Note also the separate index of Hepplewhite furniture pictures which complement the descriptions here.
- The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide
- Elegance and Utility in Furniture
- Hepplewhite Chairs
- Upholstered Stools
- Hepplewhite Sofas
- Hepplewhite Sideboards
- Pedestals & Vases
- Knife Display Cases
- Bookcase Units with Desks
- Secretary Bookcases
- Home Library Bookcases
- Mahogany Desks
- Storage Furniture
- Urn Stands
- Tea Furniture
- Occasional Tables
- Ladies Vanity Furniture
- Hepplewhite Commodes
- Bathroom Vanity Tables
- Wardrobes
- Pot Stands
- Shelf Brackets
- Wall Shelves
- Fireplace Screens
- Four Poster Beds
- Candlestands
- Antique Lamps
- Girandoles
- Pier Glasses
- Architectural Terms for Busts
- Furniture Layout