Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 260
extent to which the brothers appreciated the interest that theKarl had taken in their welfare is shown by some of the opening-words in the Preface to that part of the Works in which thedesigns were published. We arc- ha])p\, we read, in ha\ ing thisopportunity of expressing to the world thai… … y. 214 TIIK LIVKS AND WORK OF ROHKRl AND JAMliS ADAM Madame de Fall)e, the wife of the Danish Minister; but the houseand estate have since passed into the jjossession of Sir Julius C.Wernher, Bart. Osterley House, Isleworth, one of the seats of the Earl olJersey, was originally built about 1577 by…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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