Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 279
Uiild-ings were mortgaged. he wrote, for a loan of /70,000 previousto the late unhappy failures of the banks, and it is said thai the 232 TlIK L1\KS AND WORK Ol- RUHKRT AND JA.MES ADAM Messrs Adam had laid out as much more upon them ; so that inthe course of five years, these gentlemen expended /,… … Fig. 170.— LiBR.VRY .\T (ioODWOOl) HoUSK. r.V SiR W II I.I.A.M Ch.\mbers. (Showint; the Influence of the Adam Decoration.) prise, and to free them from embarrassment, an Act of Parliament(13 Geo. III., cap. 75, 1773) was passed, which empowered themto dispose of the buildings and other effects by…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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