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are new. This same clever ignoramus is responsible for much. It is for his delectation that fine and whole pieces of china are broken up and then rivetted together he then snaps up greedily a thing which he would not have touched in the first instance. The little knowledge about old furniture, which every one has nowadays, so far from alarming the dealer in frauds has made him rub his hands. No fool is so easily imposed upon as the clever fool. One more point, and that is that it is a mistake...
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Early English carved-oak bedstead Frontispiece Oak dining- or side-table. Tudor Period Early chest with linen-fold carving and old lock Early chest with linen-fold carving. Henry VII. Plain oak Yorkshire dower-chest with drawers Large oak gate-leg table. Stuart Period Six-legged, six-sided oak table. Tudor Period Small oak gate-leg table. Stuart Period Round oak club-footed table. Seventeenth century Oak panelling from Sizergh Castle Oak cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Stuart Club-footed...
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ADAM CABINET. Late period. From the collcction of James Orrock, Esq. in 1754. Hepplewhite's Cabinet-makers and Upholsterer's Guide did not appear until 1787 and Sheraton's equally famous and valuable designs were first given to the trade and the public in 1792. Had it not been for the publication of these books or catalogues, we might never have known the names of Chippendale, Hepplewhite, or Sheraton, though the Adam brothers would have been famous in connection with their work as architects....