18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection |
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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