Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 259
Fig. T53.—Pier Glass, Gallerv, Harewoou House, Vorks. 2o8 THK LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES AUAM three panels by two slender stems of ornamental forms, beneath eachof the cherubs at the top of the frame. These stems, like theremainder of the work, were gilded. In most cases, such enrich-ments… … Fig. 154.—Se.mi-Oval SiiiK Taiu-e i.\ Oai.i.krs. Harewood House, Yorks. curtains, garlands, and tassels, as the general effect suggests. Re-garding the upper portion of the curtains, Jewell wrote: Over theseven windows are some rich mock curtains hanging in festoons andapparentl\- ready to let down…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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