Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 90
theimpression created at thetime, by the originality andinnovations of Robert Adam,it is necessary to realise howwidely different were theschemes to which the countryhad hitherto been accus-tomed ; indeed, to use thewords of the brothers them-selves, it may be truly saidthat they produced a kindof… … 40.- -Chimney-piece, No. 21 Port-L.\ND Pl.ace. artists, the credit that is due to them is in no wise diminished on that account, for to them we owean application of the ancient treatment that expresses a distinct in-dividuality of a widely different type (Figs. 46, 47). The contemporarypopularity…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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