Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 159
leboth from their number ,ind merit. There is likewise ,i consider-able collection of porcelain (majolica) antl plates with grotesciue 126 THK LIVi:S AND WoRK OF ROBERT AXl) lA.Ml.S ADAM ornaments, infinitely pretty and well worth copyino- at mv return.At the Villa Castello arc tour larCTe frescoes… … Fig. 94.—The ChiRCH of .Santa Makia iieli.a Stina, Ii-a. (Irom an engraving liv Rohault de Fleury.) or intercolumniations is presented one continued landscape, onlyinterrupted by the columns, which looks like one continued opening.The ceilings of several of the rooms are done in imitation of…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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