Matthias Darly not only issued political caricatures, but designed ceilings, chimney pieces, mirror frames, girandoles, decorative panels and other furnishing accessories, He engravings many of Thomas Chippendale's designs for " The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director " ( plates dated 1753 and 1754, and plates in the second edition, 1762 ), and sold his own productions over the counter.