Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 128
z o 7. O X cZ ti ^ THE KARLV WORK OF ROBERT ADAM 93 that the magnitude of the hall and saloon at Kedleston adds verygreatly to the dignity of the house; and in order to avoid anyappearance of lowness in the other principal apartments, which mighthave resulted in consequence of the height of the… … Fig, 74.—The Entrance Hall, Kedleston. ^For detail see Fig. 50. 28 ft. high and some 22 it. From the drawings of Kedleston inPaines book, it appears that he intended to introduce a staircasebetween the Entrance Hall and the Saloon, as he subsequently did,during the years 1763*64, in his work at…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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