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Hope, Thomas
(1769-1831)Household Furniture

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Alte Drucke, Theologie, Orientalia
Auktionsdatum 6.10.2026

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Wertvolle Bücher, Dekorative Graphik und Autographen
Auktionsdatum 6. – 8. Oktober 2026

Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, executed from Designs by Thomas Hope. Titel, 53 S. Mit gestochenem Titel und 60 gestochenen Tafeln. 57 x 34 cm. Halbleder d. Z. (berieben, bestoßen, VDeckel lose mit Fehlstellen, stärker lädiert) mit goldgeprägtem RSchild. London, Bensley für Longman, 1807.
Ornamentstichsammlung 1236. – Einzige Ausgabe des seltenen Werkes. Die Tafeln zeigen Ziervasen, Zimmereinrichtungen, Tische, Stühle, Schränke, Sessel, Sofas, Ofenschirme, Kamine, Gefäße, Sockel etc. "About the age of eighteen Thomas Hope started on a tour through various parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, where he interested himself especially in architecture and sculpture, making a large collection of the principal objects which attracted his attention. On his return to London about 1796 he purchased a house in Duchess Street, Cavendish Square, which he fitted up in a very elaborate style, from drawings made by himself. In 1807 he published sketches of his furniture, accompanied by letterpress, in a folio volume, entitled Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, which had considerable influence in effecting a change in the upholstery and interior decoration of houses, notwithstanding that Byron had referred scornfully to him as House-furnisher withal, one Thomas hight. Hopes furniture designs were in that pseudo-classical manner which is generally called English Empire. It was sometimes extravagant, and often heavy, but was much more restrained than the wilder and later flights of Sheraton in this style" (The 1911 edition Encyclopaedia). – Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt am oberen Rand. Stock- und fingerfleckig, Vorsatzblatt mit Einrissen.