Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 90
ut inthis country akind of revolutionin the whole sys-tem of this usefuland elegant art.After makingsome further in-troductory ri-marks, the bro-thers proceeded :We by no meanspresume to findfault with thecompositions or todecry the laboursof (ithcr authors.many of whomhave much meritand deserve… … l-ig. 42.— l)KA\VINU-ROO.M ClIlMNEV-IMXlC, 20 Mansfikld Street. 68 THK LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMl-.S ADAM ourselves we have been able to seize, with some degree of success, thebeautiful spirit of antiquity, and to transfuse it with novelty and varietythrough all our numerous works. In order…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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