Printed by T. Sorrell (British); Publisher Committee of Chair-Manufacturers (British) England, 1807–08
Museum-Quality Digital Canvas Print
This engraved plate—Plate 3 from London Chair-Makers’ and Carvers’ Book of Prices—captures the precision and aspiration of Georgian craftsmanship. What reads as a technical inscription transforms under the burin’s touch into a study of form: curling chair backs, carved ornament, and measured proportion aligned as though on a theater stage of wood.
Every detail matters: the crisp contour of spindles, the rhythmic interplay of scroll and leg, the whisper of shading that suggests depth beyond the flat surface. The engraving is not mere illustration—it is testament to the aspirations of a trade that sought both beauty and correctness.
Rendered here as a museum-quality digital canvas print, this plate invites the collector to bring into their space a fragment of history where artisans’ hands, standards, and sensitivity converge—a quiet celebration of design made precise, a moment of craft given permanence.
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