The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. (1910)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 84
shed extensive works onornament. The latter two were brought to Englandby the brothers John and Robert Adam (1728-1792),who had travelled in Italy, bringing also with themclassical ideas, which they developed in England, andwhich influenced to a great extent the style of archi-tecture and furniture… … Figure 51 84 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER &c., were made from their designs. Fine mouldings,medallions, rosettes, light garlands, capitals in classicform, fluted pilasters and columns, were all designed bythem with the utmost restraint in style—even tocoldness.
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