• When two or more adjectives are used before a noun, they normally go in the following order:

1. opinion adjectives ( lovely, nice, beautiful)
2. size (small, big, fat, thin)
3. age  (old, young)
4. shape  ( square, round)
5. colour (blue, black, brown)
6. origin (Chinese, French, German)
7. material (wooden, marble)
8. purpose (writing)

          ► It is a lovely, small, old, square, brown, Chinese, wooden, writing table.          

•  When there are two or more adjectives of the same type, the more general adjective goes before the more specific.

            ► a kind, gentle lady