In addition to the fashion prints I so love, the journal Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts, that splendidly illustrated journal of early 19th century culture
I’ve posted some examples of unusual furniture from prints published in Ackermann’s Repository before, but I thought these prints were especially interesting. Yes, they’re early
Here, for your viewing pleasure, may I present Pocock’s Reclining Patent Chair, from the March 1813 issue of Ackermann’s Repository: Isn’t it a beauty? The