in its French
counterparts. Greek vase paintings greatly
influenced Adam, and he often used painted
panels in his work; these might be the central panel of a demi-lune or
rectangular commode, or a centred roundel at the top
of a pire glass flanked by carved maidens and urns.
Thomas Chippendale also worked in the
Neoclassical style, producing a pair of rectangular
pedestals with urns, a sideboard table, and wine
cooler for the dining room at Harewood House (see
p.98). For this commission he used circular inlaid
medallions on the pedestals with carved swags and
rams' heads above,to match the other pieces.