The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . ADAM PAINTED CABINET WITH ANGELICA KAUFFMANN PANEL Bv Courtesy of Mr. C. J. Charles, of London. ADAM PAINTED SIDE TABLE By Courtesy of Mr. C. J. Charles, of London PLATE XXII THE BROTHERS ADAM 191 urn shape was also conspicuous in the knife boxes (PlateXXI, p. 186) for sideboard pedestals. So far as con-tour was concerned, the oval shape appeared chiefly inmirrors, in semi-oval side tables—with insistentlystraight legs—and the semi-oval swells to some
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . ADAM PAINTED CABINET WITH ANGELICA KAUFFMANN PANEL Bv Courtesy of Mr. C. J. Charles, of London. ADAM PAINTED SIDE TABLE By Courtesy of Mr. C. J. Charles, of London PLATE XXII THE BROTHERS ADAM 191 urn shape was also conspicuous in the knife boxes (PlateXXI, p. 186) for sideboard pedestals. So far as con-tour was concerned, the oval shape appeared chiefly inmirrors, in semi-oval side tables—with insistentlystraight legs—and the semi-oval swells to some of theconsole cabinets with an otherwise rectilinear or oval lines (Key X, 1, 2 and 3) were also to befound in some of the backs of the straight-legged contour and detail were instinct with classic feel-ing (Fig. 1, A, B and C) without any tincture of Frenchor other contemporary Continental influence, for theAdelphi drew their inspiration directly from old Pom-peian sources and kept their style pure of any modify-ing medium. CHAIRS For the sake of convenience and clearness we shallconsider first arm-chairs and then side chairs. What issaid of the legs will apply to both sorts. They weresquare and ta
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