EditorialMoldings for Bookcases, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, ca. 1753?54, Black ink, sheet: 7 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (19.7 x 30.1 cm), Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718?1779 London).
EditorialThe Library of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 1745. Circular room with bookcases inlaid in the walls. Wainscot of cedar wood, floor of cedar and lindenwood, by J. H. Huelsmann. Gilded bronze ornaments and reliefs by D. Giese. Copy of a Roman Apollo-bust on...
EditorialThe library of Sanssouci Palace, a circular room with intarsia floor and richly ornamented bookcases. King Frederic II library contained over 2.200 volumes, mainly the works of classical Greek and Roman poets, but also the complete works by French phil...