Item #98490 A cabinet maker's manuscript specifications book, written in ink on 167 pages of a vintage cash book (405 x 165 mm, bound in half suede and cloth, now a little worn at the extremities; there are also another 130 blank leaves). Trade Catalogue.
A cabinet maker's manuscript specifications book, written in ink on 167 pages of a vintage cash book (405 x 165 mm, bound in half suede and cloth, now a little worn at the extremities; there are also another 130 blank leaves)
A cabinet maker's manuscript specifications book, written in ink on 167 pages of a vintage cash book (405 x 165 mm, bound in half suede and cloth, now a little worn at the extremities; there are also another 130 blank leaves)

A cabinet maker's manuscript specifications book, written in ink on 167 pages of a vintage cash book (405 x 165 mm, bound in half suede and cloth, now a little worn at the extremities; there are also another 130 blank leaves)

There are details of all component parts for approximately 230 items of furniture, with hand-drawn illustrations included for about 155 of them (of which 90 are quite charming miniatures). There is a small comprehensive alphabetical index booklet mounted inside the front cover. A small piece has been snipped from the head of the flyleaf, leaving only the handwritten word 'Factory'. Internal evidence suggests an Adelaide business (styles of bedsteads are 'Enfield' and 'Prospect'; of clocks, 'Gawler', 'Rundle', Sturt' and 'Pulteney'. Undated, but possibly the 1920s.

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