Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 106
mm i -TiM … singular gracefulness of form was almost invariably achieved (Figs. 52,207, 211). Prior to the time of the brothers, gates, railings, standardsfor torch extinguishers, metal treillages and other similar kinds ofwork were usually executed inwrought iron ; but, towards themiddle of the eighteenth…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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