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The Norman Adams Collection Christopher Claxton Stevens, Stewart Whittington. COLOUR PLATES Norman Adams - A History - It is interesting to. Frontispiece : A Chippendale period mahogany secretaire cabinet , c . 1765 ... 2 Colour Plate 24a ...
The Norman Adams Collection Christopher Claxton Stevens, Stewart Whittington. COLOUR PLATES Norman Adams - A History - It is interesting to. Frontispiece : A Chippendale period mahogany secretaire cabinet , c . 1765 ... 2 Colour Plate 24a ...
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... Colour Plates 26a and 26b , p . 292. The robust moulded scrolls of the base would have supported quite a tall urn on ... Plate 27 , opposite ) with its integral stand was to shield the flame of the burner that heated the kettle from ...
... Colour Plates 26a and 26b , p . 292. The robust moulded scrolls of the base would have supported quite a tall urn on ... Plate 27 , opposite ) with its integral stand was to shield the flame of the burner that heated the kettle from ...
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The Norman Adams Collection Christopher Claxton Stevens, Stewart Whittington. Colour Plate 30a . Circa 1785 Width ( open ) 374 ins . ( 96cm ) Depth 304 ins . ( 76.8cm ) Height 28ins . ( 71cm ) In the table shown above and opposite as Colour ...
The Norman Adams Collection Christopher Claxton Stevens, Stewart Whittington. Colour Plate 30a . Circa 1785 Width ( open ) 374 ins . ( 96cm ) Depth 304 ins . ( 76.8cm ) Height 28ins . ( 71cm ) In the table shown above and opposite as Colour ...
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acanthus Adam period armchair base bookcase boxwood bracket feet brass handles cabriole legs castors centre Cescinsky chair chinoiserie Chippendale period mahogany Circa 1785 Width Colour Plate commode concave corners crossbanded curve decoration Depth of seat desk drawer fronts early Sheraton period eighteenth century elegant escutcheons example fashion figured fluted foliage frieze George I period Height of back Height of seat Hepplewhite period mahogany illus Ince and Mayhew inlaid John Linnell kneehole marquetry mirror motif moulded Norman Adams original oval painted pair panels paterae patina Pembroke table period carved period walnut piece pierced plinth Provenance rectangular reeded Regency period rococo rosewood round satinwood scrolls seat rails secretaire serpentine serpentine shaping shaped Sheraton period mahogany similar slender splayed square tapered legs stretcher surface table Circa Temple Newsam Thomas Chippendale top edge tripod table tulipwood unusual veneered Width of seat wood writing table