Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 138
ater work.Compare, for instance, Figs. 48 and 49; Figs. 83 and 84. Adams earlydesigns tor ceilings were of a more massi\e type than that whichhe subsequently adopted. In the eleventh volume of the AdamSeries, in the .Soane Collection, this (le\elopment of his treatmentcan be readily perceived. At… … Fig. 83.— TiiK I.iiiRAKV, K.Erii,iisioN. io8 THK LINKS AXI) WORK OI RC)HI:Kr AND JAMlvS ADAM subsequently introduced. Com[)an;, tor instance, tlie ceiling forAdmiral Hoscawen in 1759. the ceiling for the Drawing-Ro(mii atKecileston in 1760 (Fig. 78), and the work for the Duke of Xorth umberland…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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