Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 102
gs, and alsoposts to protect footpaths fromthe vehicular traffic ; yet, it wasnot until the eighteenth centurywas well advanced that cast ironcame to be generally used by architects for structural and decorativepurposes. Among the various subjects that the brothers treated incast iron were… … fS- 53-—B\i.i-oNv amj Udui, in Auam SlREKT, AdELPHI. form at intervals, in addition to introducing fl other decorative forms with wrou-ht-i ron 76 THE LIVES AND WORK Ol ROBl.RT AMJ JAMES AUAM r _■«■■ work in the panels (Fios. 53, 54). Cast iron was also used by themfor door knockers (Fi.u. 55),…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
