It was equipped with a chimneypiece and once had a suite of rustic furniture. |
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Gesso is a fortified plaster compound used for ornamentation applied to the chimneypiece with a glue. |
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The English chimneypiece of the 19th and 20th century, with its swags and egg-and-dart mouldings, was very much the invention of Adam. |
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Monumental wood chimneypiece with Four Seasons trumeau on stone mantel in the Napoleon III style from the 19th century. |
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The chimneypiece shown in the photos was not acquired, but we have many similar pieces that would compliment the panelling. |
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The mantel protrudes against side panels that echo and give majesty to this chimneypiece. |
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Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame. |
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In the room on the left, with its elegant chimneypiece, are a nineteenth century bust and portrait of the poet and some furniture, including a chair that belonged to him. |
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He wrote to Scott saying he had been rehanging his collection to show my fine painting of Venus's backside by Velasquez, which I have at length exalted over my chimneypiece in the library. |
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The parlour is distinguished by an Adam style chimneypiece installed by Potter. |
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The chimneypiece continued to be the usual main focus of rooms, and was now given a classical treatment, and increasingly topped by a painting or a mirror. |
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