A pair of C.W. Chapman silhouettes, c.1830, the gent and lady…
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A pair of C.W. Chapman silhouettes, c.1830, the gent and lady in profile to the left, painted on card and bronzed, signed under the truncation and detailed 59 Oxford Street. Each in a maple frame, labelled to the reverse in detail including reference to illustration 'Plate 73 in British Profile Miniaturists by A. Mayne. Faber 1970'. Image size 9.3 cm x 6.5 cm

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  • Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.

    Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.

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