NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1983, No. 43, $3.50 Making ... - Wood Tools

Entitled "The Nash House, No. 1 Cornwall House Terrace,"
this 66-in. high linen cabinet by Margaret Martin is a portrait
of the building that housed the British Interior Design
Show of 1982, for which various designers refurnished this
19th-century townhouse. The cabinet is ash stained black inside
and thinly gouached outside, so that the grain declares
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itself wood beneath the facade. A delightfully playful piece,
its real moldings frame a portico, balustrade and columns made
of paint. Martin, 26, of London, has worked as a theater set
designer, and is making furniture now for the greater degree
of permanence that it enjoys. She plans to bring to the spring
show a cabinet modeled after the White House. 0