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 128
THE EARLY WORK OF ROBERT ADAM 93 that the magnitude of the hall and saloon at Kedleston adds verygreatly to the dignity of the house ; and in order to avoid anyappearance of lowness in the other principal apartments, which mighthave resulted in consequence of the height of the Hall and Saloon,in no… … Fig 74.—The Entrance Hall, Kedleston. ^For detail see Fig. 50.) 28 ft. high and some 22 ft. From the drawings of Kedleston inPaines book, it appears that he intended to introduce a staircasebetween the Entrance Hall and the Saloon, as he subsequently did,during the years 1763-64, in his work at…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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