Don Mills, Ont. : Southam-MacLean Publications · leaf 322
ed withormolu mounts. In the present instance the onlybrass is in the terminals or toes of legs. The woodsused are mahogany and satinwood. Adam chairs and sofas were in general light andgraceful but nevertheless substantial, the material ma-hogany or satinwood, the ornament inlaid, and per-haps a… … decoration after the Greek manner, depending on out-line for effect, is to be commended for this class ofwork. There is little beauty in some decoration to befound on Adam chairs where the work is treated in abroad manner, the colors being jumbled and the out-lines scarcely noticeable. In Fig. 7…
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