Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Adam

A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Giltwood Mirrors
A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Mahogany Armchairs
A Pair of George III Adam Period Rosewood Semi-Elliptical Console Tables
A George III Sycamore, Tulipwood Rosewood and Marquetry Pembroke Table
A Magnificent George III Inlaid Harewood & Serpentine Shaped Commode
A Fine George III Adam Period Mahogany Side Table
A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres
A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Mahogany Sidechairs

ROBERT ADAM

Never a cabinet-maker, Adam's influence on decorations and furnishings was, however, profound. By the time Chippendale's third edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director' was published, Adam was collaborating with Chippendale and was responsible for the introduction of the Neo-Classical style which ended the taste for rococo, Chinese and Gothic design. Adam believed that the minutiae of furnishing and decoration were the responsibility of the architect and, only in this way, could a harmonious result be achieved.

A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Giltwood Mirrors

A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Giltwood Mirrors

Height: 57" 145cm
Width: 24" 61cm

The tops with neo-classical urns above carved foliage with paterae. The mirror frames being gadrooned and surmounted by a carved satyr's mask with carved bellflowers to the sides. The bases with unusual carved fluting and foliage. The mirrors retaining their original gilding and plates.

English, Circa 1780

Exhibited at the Grosvenor House Fine Art & Antiques Fair, June 1990