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The Furniture Gazette. 



AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY JOURNAL, TREATING OF ALL BRANCHES 

 OF CABINET-WORK, UPHOLSTERY, AND INTERIOR DECORATION, 

 BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD. 



INDISPENSABLE TO THE NUMEROUS TRADES CONCERNED. 

 Useful alike to the Connoisseur, the Antiquary, and the Householder. 



The Publishers beg to call the attention of those who are not Subscribers to the 

 Furnit^lre Gazette to the strong claims of this Journal on the support of all who are inte- 

 rested in the Furniture, Upholstery, and Decorative Trades. 



The Furnitiire Gasettehas completed the Seventeenth Volume of the New Series, and 

 is the recognised organ of the important industries it represents a fact shown not only 

 by its continually increasing circulation, but by the steady demand for space both in its 

 Literary and Advertising Departments. 



Neither labour, care, nor expense is spared in the conduct of this Journal to secure 

 matter of special practical value and interest to its Subscribers. Information carefully 

 selected as to technical and artistic matters, as well as to the commercial, scientific, and 

 mechanical branches of the numerous Trades within the province of the Furniture 

 Gazette, may always be found in its pages. Amongst the subjects thus generally treated 

 of and watchfully recorded in its columns, the following may be indicated : 



The various Manufactures appertaining to Furni- 

 ture, Upholstery, and Decoration, in all their 

 numerous branches of Wood, Metal, Porce- 

 lain, Woven Fabrics, Paper, &c., with the 

 Materials, Tools, and Appliances peculiar to 

 each. 



Working Drawings from Practical Authorities. 



The state of Home and Foreign Markets, 

 with a special view to Imports and Ex- 

 ports, and the fluctuations of Supply and 

 Demand. 



Suggestions for Useful and Attractive Novelties 

 in Materials and Manufactures. 



Recent Patents and Improvements. 



Scientific Principles, Inventions, and Discoveries 

 affecting Manufactures, Materials, or Ma- 

 chinery. 



Decorative Works in progress or newly com- 

 pleted, with careful and accurate Descrip- 

 tions, illustrated, where necessary, with 

 Wood-Engravings. 



Changes in Fashion, Actual and Prospective. 



Ecclesiastical Furniture and Decoration. 



Art Exhibitions, Art Schools, and Reports of 

 Lectures on Art in connexion with Furniture 

 and Upholstery Manufactures. 



Current Prices, Trade Reports, Tables of Ex- 

 ports, and minor Trade Jottings. 



Legal and Police Intelligence affecting the re- 

 presented Trades. News Notes and Com- 

 ments. Useful Hints. " Short Ends Corner" 

 for Workmen. Practical Papers by Practical 

 Workmen, &c. Correspondence., Answers to 

 Correspondents, &c. 



In addition to articles on subjects of general interest to the Trades concerned, and 

 Trade Jottings of the Week, the Furniture Gazette contains a summary of open 

 Contracts for Furniture, &c., and of those executed by different firms ; Classified Lists 

 of Furniture Exports and Imports, Bills of Sale, Bankrupts, &c ; Newly-formed 

 Companies connected with the Furniture Trade, Legal Information, Descriptions of 

 Novelties, List of Copyright Furniture Designs, Useful Recipes, &c. Plates containing 

 Original Designs for Furniture, Upholstery, &c., are Issued with every Number, as well 

 as Occasional Designs selected from the Portfolios of the leading English Manufacturers. 



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