The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 172
CHIMNEYPIECE DESIGNEDBY THE BROTHERS ADAM.From Drawing in SOANEMUSEUM. THE CHIMNEYPIECE, now yielded finally to a striving after domesticity and elegance.The large looking-glass craze, which set in during the eighteenthcentury, was responsible also for the destruction of the upper partof many a… … FRIEZE OF CHIMNEYPIECE IIY PERGOLESI. in marble to carry out their designs,their work being sold by Wilton. The Brothels Adam, as becameintroducers of Italian art-workers,encouraged the innovation, and thusit came about that the cold insipidityof many a London house built inthe days of the third…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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