Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 475
r finish. The result was disastrous to thecause of honest and solid construction, but favorable tothe development of decorative work in plaster, in whichthe English avoided the blatant shams and extrava-gances of the Italian Baroque. Figs. 281, 282 illustratethe new classic spirit in the patterning… … Fig. 282.—Oxe Bay of Dome Decoration, Radcliffe Library, Oxford, BY GiBBS. of the new style, in which Italians were often employed.Later 18th-century work is less vigorous and interesting. The Adam Style. Robert Adam (1727-1792) was the most celebratedof four brothers,^ who worked together on a…
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