Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 207
he furniture in this room.The table top, in one instance, is formed with a slab of white I70 THK ALTERATIONS AT SVOX HOUSE marble, carefully inlaid with coloured compositions, in so skilful amanner that it seems probable that the work may have beenexecuted i)y the Italian, Bossi, a contemporary of… … Iig. 121.—Gn.T Tai.le with Ini.aiu Marbi.k Top, Long Gallery, Svon House. only by a secret door, is a very small room contrived in the angleturret. In one case the room is circular and covered by a minia-ture cupola ; while, in the other, a square form was adopted. Thecircular room originally…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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