Old English furniture from the 16th to the 19th centuries. A guide for the collector (1909)
Wheeler, George Owen · London, L. U. Gill · leaf 451
The 'Brothers Adam, 423 an English view of a dainty Classic theme; the latter represent the same idea portrayed under Italian or French collaboration for the delectation of a public in quest of piquant novelty. Inlaid decoration was again creeping into favour … Mantelpiece showing outline and decoration characteristic of R. and J. Adam. Period 1770-1780. Drawn from a spoilt photograph lent by Messrs. Gill and Reigate, Ltd. towards the close of the ’sixties, but it was restrained and usually subordinate to the accompanying chisel-work. It was employed in…
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