Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 154.—Semi-Oval Side Table in Gallery, Harewood House, Yorks. curtains, garlands, and tassels, as the general effect suggests. Re-garding the upper portion of the curtains, Jewell wrote: Over theseven windows are some rich mock curtains hanging in festoons andapparently ready to let down at pleasure, formed of wood carvedand painted under the directions of Mr Chippendale in so masterlya manner as to deceive every beholder. In the centre of theGallery there is a fine inlaid writing-
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 154.—Semi-Oval Side Table in Gallery, Harewood House, Yorks. curtains, garlands, and tassels, as the general effect suggests. Re-garding the upper portion of the curtains, Jewell wrote: Over theseven windows are some rich mock curtains hanging in festoons andapparently ready to let down at pleasure, formed of wood carvedand painted under the directions of Mr Chippendale in so masterlya manner as to deceive every beholder. In the centre of theGallery there is a fine inlaid writing-table, which was executed in. HAREWOOD HOUSE 209 a somewhat similar manner to the side-board and pedestals in theDining-Room ; it is represented in Fig. 155. As in the case of thesepieces of furniture, it seems equally probable that the work wasperformed by Chippendale under the directions of Robert the examples just mentioned, the veneer forming the groundis rosewood, but satin, tulip, and other woods were also adopted for
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