Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 257
tatelypier glasses were placed, above gilt console tables, designed to receiveobjects of vertu. Though the objects vary in each instance, perhapsthe most pleasing collection is that on the table which bears the The designs by Robert Adam for this ceiling are dated 1769 and are now preservedin the… … Fig. 152.—Detail ui (iALLERv Ckii.in(;, Harewoou House, Vorks. tion at the tojj of each j^lass, where an oval painting was introducedin a gilt frame, from which garlands of roses depend, resting upon theshoulders of little winged cherubs. Each pier glass was divided into HAREWOOD HOUSE 207
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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