Cantor lectures on the architecture and decoration of Robert Adam and Sir John Soane.. (1920)
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), b. 1864 · London: W. Clowes & Sons, Ltd. · leaf 22
erior, richly decorated.The ceiling has a large oval band crossed by veryfree-flowing foliage^ like a chain of wreaths.The crossed thyrsi and the ivy in the centreare an obvious reference t6 Bacchic rites. As awhole this design suffers from heterogeneouseffect of elements insufficiently welded… … Syon House. Fieeplaoe in Dining-Eoom, 20 afforded by two fiae mirror frames in gold ongilded console-tables with quadrant tops of scagl-iola. The ceiling presents a central circle withfour lions heads linked-together by bold swags.Four fans are introduced, features which Adamafterwards developed…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837 · Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) · Architecture
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