Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 134
hree white side tables, enriched with gold andsurmounted by slabs of Sicilian jasper, a beautiful kind of rose breccia.There are also two tall cream pedestals, likewise enriched with gilding,and two other smaller ones of similar character. The taller pedestalssupport in each case a bronze urn with… … I04 Till. I.IVl.S AM) WORK OF KOHI.RT AM) JAMl-.S ADAM a base of hrtCfia. IOiir niahiv^anw siKt-r-mounted knite boxes liaxebeen preserved, together w ilh a large wine-cooler or cistern, which wascarved in accordance with the designs of James Stuart, the architect,out of a block of Sicilian jas])er.…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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