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Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)

Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 209

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ntional ornaments. The anthemia around the circular panelswere painted in a distinctive manner on a light ground, andgilding was Ireely used on the ribs which separate the variouspanels. Beneath the cornice, the walls are covered with arichly figured silk of a crimson colour, which is stated to… … Kig. 118. —I.N.scKiPTiON ON Carpet, Red DrawingRoom, Svom House. AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WORK 167 frayed and show the marks of time. The floor of the room iscovered in the centre with a lar_o^e carpet, around the border otwhich the old oak boards are exposed to view. This carpet ispractically…

Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture

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