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Thomas Shearer

English cabinetmaker
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  • French 18th-century dressing and writing table by Jean-François Oeben or Jean-François Leleu; in the Wallace Collection, London.
    dressing table

    …London Book of Prices (1788), Thomas Shearer included a design for a dressing stand “with folding tops. . . . The top and bottom fronts are shams, in the back part of the stand is a cistern which receives water from the bason drawer . . . .” The inside…

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    …London Book of Prices (1788), Thomas Shearer included a design for a dressing stand “with folding tops. . . . The top and bottom fronts are shams, in the back part of the stand is a cistern which receives water from the bason drawer . . . .” The inside…

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